speeches that the same Plaintiffe beleeving that she would give her consent to such Matrimony The goods and chattels aforesaid to her the said A. the aforesaid day year and place did give And afterwards the aforesaid A. turning her heart from the aforesaid Plaintiffe on the aforesaid Defendant to have him for her husband after the gift aforesaid the aforesaid A. coming to the Village of R. aforesaid such a day and yeare the goods and chattels aforesaid to him the said Plaintiffe then and there gave backe againe what time the aforesaid A. was sole By pretext whereof the same Plaintiffe was thereof possessed until the aforesaid Defendant by force and armes the goods and chattels aforesaid at R. found took and carried away against the peace of our Lord the King that now is and the same Plaintiffe above against him complaineth And this c. Whereupon for that the aforesaid Defendant above acknowledgeth the Trespasse aforesaid he prayes judgement and his damages by occasion of that Trespasse to bee adjudged unto him c. Issue upon the giving back of the goods AND the aforesaid Defendant not acknowledging any thing by the aforesaid Plaintiffe before alleadged to be true sayes that the aforesaid A. after the Gift aforesaid to her by the aforesaid Plaintiffe of the goods and chattels made did not give backe againe the aforesaid goods and chattels to him the aforesaid Plaintiffe as the same Plaintiffe above hath alleadged And of this hee puts himselfe upon the Country c. And the aforesaid Plaintiffe in like manner c. The Defendant justifies for that the goods were pawned to the Plaintiffe and be pawned them to another who delivered them to the Defendant to be safely kept and to whom the Defendant afterwards the same re-delivered AND the aforesaid W.B. by I.C. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. And as to the coming by force and armes as also the whole Trespasse aforesaid besides the taking and carrying away of one bolle of Gold and one bolle of Silver and gilt and one cup of Gold sayes that in nothing thereof guilty c. And as to the taking and carrying away of the aforesaid one bolle of Gold one bolle of Silver and gilt and one cup of Gold the same Defendant not acknowledging these goods and chattels to have been of such value as by the Declaration aforesaid is supposed sayes that the aforesaid W.C. ought not to have his action c. because he saith that one R.C. was Proprietor of these goods and in the possession of them long before the aforesaid Plaintiffes had any thing in them And so being Proprietor and possessed such a day yeare and place pawned to the aforesaid Plaintiffe those goods and chattels for forty Marks of him the said Plaintiffe by him the said R.C. of loan received under such a condition that if the aforesaid R. C. should pay to the said plaintiffe the aforesaid forty Marks before the feast of the Birth of our Lord then next following Then he the said Plaintiffe should re-deliver to the aforesaid W. those goods and chattels otherwise he should keep them safe until he should be fully satisfied and paid the aforesaid forty Marks By vertue of which said pawnings the said Plaintiffe was possessed of these goods and chattels under the condition aforesaid And so being thereof possessed the same goods and chattels further pawned to one W. G. for other forty Marks of him the said W. by him the said Plaintiffe of loan received under such condition that the aforesaid W.G. those goods and chattels to them the aforesaid R.C.W.C. who should pay and deliver those forty Marks to him the said W.G. should re-deliver and sayes that these forty Marks to the aforesaid W.G. at the time when the Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be made were not paid and fearing and supposing the same goods and chattels could not be kept secure in the house of him the said VV. G the same goods and chattels before the aforesaid feast of the Birth of our Lord at C. aforesaid delivered to him the said Defendant to be safely kept And to him the said VV. G when he should bee thereunto required to bee re-delivered and sayes that he contemned the keeping of those goods knowing them to be his by wicked profit and being unwilling for that cause to keep them any longer the same goods and chattels at the time when the Trespasse aforesaid was above supposed to bee made from a certaine chest where in his house at C. aforesaid they lay hee took and to the house of the aforesaid VV. G. in the same Village he carried and the same to him the said VV. G then and there delivered which said taking and carrying of the goods and chattels aforesaid by the cause aforesaid are the same taking and carrying away of the aforesaid goods and chattels of which the aforesaid Plaintiffe above now complaineth And this c. VVhereupon he prayes judgement whether the Plaintiffe ought to have or maintaine his action aforesaid against him c. The Plaintiffe pleads that I.C. pawned the goods unto him and payed not the summe for which they were pawned and traverses that she pawned them in mannor and forme c. AND the aforesaid Plaintiffe not acknowledging any thing by the aforesaid Defendant before alleadged to be true sayes that hee by any thing afore alleadged ought not to bee debarred from having his action aforesaid against him for the aforesaid taking and carrying away the aforesaid goods and chattels which the aforesaid Defendant above acknowledgeth because he saith that the aforesaid R.G. the aforesaid such a day and yeare at C. aforesaid pawned to him the said Plaintiffe these goods and chattels for forty Marks of him the said Plaintiffe by him the said R. of loan received under such condition that if the same R. should pay to him the said Plaintiffe these forty Markes before the feast of the birth of our Lord then next following then the same goods and chattels to him the said R. should be delivered otherwise to the same Plaintiffe they should remaine as his proper goods and chattels to him by the aforesaid R. sold for the aforesaid forty Marks and sayes that the aforesaid R. paid not to him the said Plaintiffe the aforesaid forty Marks before the aforesaid feast of the birth of our Lord By which the same goods and chattels the taking and carrying away whereof the aforesaid Defendant above acknowledgeth to him the said Plaintiffe as his proper goods and chattels did remaine And the aforesaid Defendant the aforesaid time wherein the Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be done by force and armes of his proper injury the same goods and chattels at C. found took and carried away as the same Plaintiffe above against him complaineth Traverse Without that that the same Plaintiffe pawned to the aforesaid W.G. these goods and chattels for forty Marks as the aforesaid Defendant above alleadgeth And
thing pre-alledged ought not to bee debarred from having his action aforesaid of the breach of the house aforesaid against the aforesaid Defendant because he saith that the same Defendant of his owne proper injury the said time wherein c. by force and armes aforesaid the house aforesaid he did in manner and form as the same Plaintiffe above against him complaineth Without that that the same Plaintiffe licensed the aforesaid Defendant to enter the house aforesaid Traverse as the same Defendant above by pleading hath alledged And this c. Whereupon for that the same Defendant the Trespasse aforesaid above acknowledgeth he prayeth judgement and his Damages by occasion of that Trespasse to be adjudged unto him c. AND the aforesaid Defendant as formerly saith Issue upon the Traverse that the aforesaid Plaintiffe licensed him the said Defendant to enter into the house aforesaid in the forme wherein he the Defendant above by pleading hath alleadged And of this he puts himselfe upon the Country And the aforesaid Plaintiffe in like manner c. Therefore the Jury is to come between them c. AND the aforesaid R.P. and I.R. by L.S. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. Iustification for that the Plaintiffe was suspected for a Felâ—â— And as to the coming by force and armes and whatsoever which is against the peace of our Lord the King that now is as also the Trespasse aforesaid of woundings supposed to be made sayes that he is in nothing thereof guilty And as to the residue of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be done the same R. and I. say that the aforesaid W. ought not to have his action aforesaid against them because they say that long before the said time wherein the trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be made to wit the tenth day of January in the eighth yeare of the reigne of our Lord the King that now is one I.S. at Norwich aforesaid in his house there was feloniously spoiled and robbed of two silver Spoons to the value of 10 s. And that the aforesaid W. divers daies and times before the felony aforesaid made frequented the house of him the said I.S. aforesaid suspiciously without any reasonable cause there to be had And that the aforesaid W. R. the said time of the felony aforesaid done was in the house of the aforesaid I.S. by which the same R. and I.R. had suspicion the aforesaid W.R. to have committed the felony aforesaid And that the aforesaid R. and I.R. the same time wherein c. being then Sheriffes of the City aforesaid softly laid their hands upon him the said W.R. the same time wherein c. And the same W. R. for suspicion of the Felony aforesaid the same time wherein c. they tooke and him the said W. to the Goale of our Lord the King within the City aforesaid there to be safely kept for the same Felony the said time wherein c. they lead and imprisoned as it was lawfull for them to doe which said softly laying on of their hands of them the said R. and I.R. upon the aforesaid W.R. and the taking of him the said W. R. and the leading and imprisoning of him out of the cause aforesaid are the same assault beating and imprisonment whereof the aforesaid W.R. above complaineth And this they are ready to aver whereupon they pray judgement whether the aforesaid W.R. ought to have his action aforesaid against them c. AND the aforesaid Plaintiffe sayes that he by any thing before alledged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against them because he saith that the aforesaid R. and I. R the day and yeare aforesaid of his own proper injury by force and armes without any such cause by them the said R. and I.R. above by pleading alleadged on him the said W.R. at Norwich aforesaid they made an assault and him did beate wound imprison and evill intreate in the manner and forme as the aforesaid W.R. above against them complaineth And this he prayeth may be enquired of by the Country c. Iustification upon imprisonment and assault by vertue of a Warrant of the Peace Mich. 8. Hen. 8. Rolle 77. Staff ss AND the aforesaid H.W. by W.F. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. and as to the coming by force and armes or whatsoever is against the peace c. not guilty and as to the residue of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be done the same H. sayes that the aforesaid R. ought not to have his action aforesaid against him because he saith that long before the said time wherein the trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be done on I.W. at Stafford in the County aforesaid came before R W. then one of the Justices of the Peace of our Lord the King assigned in the County aforesaid to be kept and there tooke his corporall oath that he grievously and manifestly went in danger of his life and maiming of his members by the aforesaid R.C. By which he the same I.W. long before the said time wherein c. at Stafford aforesaid at the Petition of the aforesaid I.W. directed a certaine precept of our Lord the King to the aforesaid H. W. then being Bailiffe of R. and to the Constable of R. aforesaid and to either of them joyntly and divided commanding them by that precept that they cause to come the aforesaid R. C. before the aforesaid R. W. or one of his Companions Justices of the peace of our Lord the King in the County aforesaid to find sufficient security of the peace of our Lord the King towards the Lord the King and all his people and cheifly against the aforesaid H.W. to be given And if the same R.C. should refuse to doe this then the same H. and the aforesaid Constable the same R.C. unto the next Goale of our Lord the King in the County aforesaid should cause to bee led or one of them should cause to be led there to stay untill he would freely doe this By reason of which precept the aforesaid H.W. before the said time wherein c. did repair to the aforesaid R.C. at R. aforesaid and shewed to the aforesaid R.C. there the precept aforesaid then and there further requiring the same R. to find before the said R. W. or one of his companions Justices of the peace of our Lord the King in the County aforesaid then being to find security for bearing the peace of our Lord the King in form aforesaid and the same R. this to do then at R. aforesaid upon which the same A.W. him the said R. then and there the said time wherein c. arrested and him in bringing towards the prison of our Lord the King at the Castle of Stafford in the County aforesaid imprisoned by the time aforesaid and his hands upon him the said R. in that arresting and leading did softly lay as it was lawful for him
And sayes that he at and by the request of the aforesaid I. B. and W. T. in the Bill aforesaid named before the maintenance aforesaid supposed was reteyned at F. in the County of B. to be of Counsell with them the said I and W. in the Bill aforesaid named Taking therein for his Counsell as then and there between them was agreed By virtue of which Reteynder the same B was of Counsell of the aforesaid I and W. as well in the matter in the plaint aforesaid contained as in all other their Law matters and them counselled according to the best of his understanding knowledge and conception of the Law at the time of the maintenance aforesayd supposed and had Communication with other persons of their Counsell and them he requested and laboured to be of their Counsell as it was lawfull for him to do which is the same maintenance whereof the aforesaid Plaintiffe in his Bâ—ll aforesaid complaines Which all and singular the same Defendant is ready to averre Whereupon he prayes judgement whether the aforesaid Plaintiffe ought to have his Action aforesaid against him c. The Plaintife sayes that the Defendant was a Lay man and not a Counsellor AND the aforesaid A. sayes that he by any thing before pre-alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his Action aforesaid because he saith that at the time of the maintenance aforesaid the aforesaid Defendant was a Lay man and not a Counsellor learned of and in the Law aforesaid as the aforesaid Defendant hath above alleadged And this he prayes may be enquired of by the Countrey And the aforesaid Defendant in like manner c. Iustification in mayntenance as an Attorney by warrant of Attorney AND the aforesaid I. B. in his proper Person comes and having heard the Bill aforesaid defends the force and injury when c. and all contempt and whatsoever c. by Protestation that the Bill aforesaid containeth not in it sufficient matter to enforce him the sayd I. to answer the same matter for Plea he saith that he presumeth not that our Lord the King will impeach or molest him the said I. of the maintenance aforesaid by occasion of the Bill aforesaid because he saith that the aforesaid R.P. before the time wherein the maintenance aforesaid was supposed to be made that is to say such a day and year in the Court of our Lord the King before him the said King at Westminster the aforesaid plaint then depending in the same Court by Writ of Attaint by a certaine Warrant of Attorney residing here in Court constituted and ordained and put in his place him the said I.B. to prosecute for him the said R.P. the aforesaid Writ of Attaint or to gaine or loose in that plaint and the same I. B. was to this admitted by the same Court as it appears here in the same Court amongst the Warrants of Attorney of the Term of the Holy Trinity in the 34th yeare aforesayd By which the same I.B. the said Writ of Attaint for the aforesaid R. P. prosecuted and for him the said R. P. apeared in the same plaint as Attorney of him the said R. P. by vertue of the Waâ—â—ant aforesaid the said time wherein c. as it was lawfull for him to do which said prosecution and appearance are the same maintenance whereupon the said Lord the King prosecutes his Action And this he is ready to averre as the Court c. whereupon he presumeth not that the said Lord the King him the said I. B. of the maintenance aforesaid by occasion of the Bill aforesaid in this case will impeach or molest and prayes that he may be quietly therefrom dismissed c. And the aforesaid R. F. by G.L. his Attorny comes and defends the force and injury when c. and all contempt and whatsoever Iustification in Maintenance by cause of Consanguinitie c. And sayes that the aforesayd W. C. ought not to have his action aforesayd against him because he saith that he the same R. F. is and the sayd time wherein the Maintenance aforesaid was supposed to be made was Cosen of the aforesaid R. M. that is to say Son of Margaret Sister of Alice mother of the aforesaid R.M. for whose part the aforesaid W.C. supposeth him the said R.F. to have maintained the plaint aforesaid And the same R. F. sayes further that the aforesaid R. M. for whose part c. before the said time wherein the maintenance aforesaid was supposed to be made at S. aforesaid came unto him the sayd R. F. and requested him the said R. F. that he the said R. F. would procure a certaine man learned in the Law of the Land to be of Counsell of him the said R. M. in the playnt aforesaid And that the same R. M. would well and sufficiently reward him for his Counsell By virtue of which request he the said R.F. the said time wherein the maintenance aforesaid was supposed to be made at S. aforesaid came unto one E. L. learned in the Law of the Land and requested him the said E. that he would be of Counsell with him the said R. M. in the playnt aforesaid and told him the said E. that the aforesaid R.M. would well and sufficiently reward him the said E. for his Counsell Which said coming to the aforesaid E. requesting and speaking to him the said E. out of the cause aforesaid are the aforesaid maintenance whereof the aforesaid W. C. brings his action aforesaid And this c. as the Court c. Whereupon he prayes judgment whether the aforesaid W.C. ought to have his Action aforesaid against him c. And the aforesaid W. C. not acknowledging that the aforesaid R.F. is a Cosen of the aforesaid R. M. in the form wherein the same R. F. above supposeth The Plaintife replies that the Defendant gave money to the Iurors of his own to give a Verdict for Plea he saith that he by any thing before alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his Action aforesaid because he saith that the aforesaid R. F. the said time wherein the maintenance aforesaid was made at S. aforesaid gave oâ— his own proper Money to one I. P. 6 s. 8 d. being one of the Jurors who were impannelled on the aforesaid Writ of Novell desseisin to be arraigned and before the aforesaid I. P. and R. L. Justices of Assizes of our Lord the King in the County aforesaid assigned to be taken returned between the aforesaid R. M. and the aforesaid W.C. the now Plaintiff And unto T. R. 3 s. and 4 d. another of the Jurors on the aforesaid Writ of Assize of Novel desseisin in like manner impannelled and before the aforesaid Justices between the same parties in the playnt aforesaid named to speak their verdict with the aforesaid R.M. in the same plaint Which said gifts are the same mayntenance upon which the same W. C. conceiveth his action aforesaid And this c. as the Court
so long as they live Protesting also that the said Alice did not Demise unto the said Plaintifs the said Tenements in manner and form as the said Plaintifs in their said Replication before have alleged for Plea as before saith that the said Thomasine was seized of the said Tenements with th' appurtenances in N. in her Demesn as of Fee And so seized demised the same Tenements with th' appurtenances unto the said Defendant To have to him from the Feast of St. Michael th'Archangell untill the end of the Term of four years from thence next following and fully to be Compleat By vertue of which Demise the said Defendant was of those Tenements possessed in manner and form as the said Defendant in barre before hath alleged Without this Without this that the said Thomasine at the time of the said Demise by the said Alice unto the said Plaintiffs of the said Tenements supposed to be done was seised of the said Tenements with the appurtenances to the use of the said Alice in manner and form as the said Plaintiffs before in pleading have alleged And this c. whereupon he prayeth Judgement and that the said Plaintiff from his said Action against him the said Defendant had may be precluded c. And the said Defendants say that the said Thomasine at the time of the said Demise by the said Alice unto the said Plaintiffs in form aforesaid made was seized of the said Tenements with the appurtenances to the use of the said Alice in manner and form as they the said Plaintiffs before in pleading have alleged And this they pray that it may be enquired of by the Country c. â—uff Declaration in Trespass wherfore they broke the Close against two Defendants who plead severally Parl. 32. H. 8. Rot. 111. One of the Defendants pleads that he is seised of certain Lands c. in Fee by reason of which hee ought to have Common in the place in which c. and that he put the Cattle c. for using the CoÌ„mon c. which is the same Common and so justifies ss R. B. late of Levistost in the said County Yeoman and W. H. late of L. c. were attached to answer unto Edward B. together with R. H. late of c. of a Plea wherefore with force and Arms the Close of him the said E. at G. they did break and his Grass to the value of 10. l. there late growing with certain Cattle they did eat up tread and consume And other Wrongs c. To the great Damage c. and against the Peace c. And the said R. B. and W.C. by R. B. their Attorney commeth and defendeth the force and wrong when c. And as to the comming with force and Arms c. Not guilty and as to the residue of the said Trespass before supposed to be done the said R. B. saith that the said E. no Action because he saith that the place in which the said Trespass is supposed to be done is and at the said time of that Trespass supposed to be done was a certain place called the Dens conteining in it self D. Acres of Land in G. aforesaid extending it self from the South from a certain place called G. in L. aforesaid unto a certain place called H. in G. aforesaid against the North-West and so extending from the foot of the Rock of the Cliff untill the Sea against the East and that he at the said time of the said Trespass supposed to be done and long before of 3. Messuâ—ges and 16. Acres of Land with the appurtenances in L. aforesaid was seised in his Demesn as of Fee And that he and all those whose estate he hath in the said 3. Messuages and 16. Acres of Land with the appurtenances from the time of which c. had were accustomed to have common of Pasture of and in the said places caâ—led the Dens within the said Bounds and Limits with all and all manner of his Cattle and living Creatures whatsoever at all time of the year by which the said R. B. at the said time of the said Trespass supposed to be done his said Cattle into the said Close in the said place called the D. in G. aforesaid within the said Bounds and Limits to the said Grass there then growing to feed in using his said Common by the time aforesaid did put as to him it was lawfull which things are the same breaking of the Close treading consuming and eating up of the said Grass whereof the said G. before himself doth now complain And this c. Whereupon he prayeth Judgement if an Action c. And the said W.C. saith that the said E. No Action The other Defendant saith that he likewise is seized of certain other Lands c. in Fee by reason of which he hath Common of pasture in the place in which c. and that he put in Cattle c. in using the Common c. which is the same Trespass c. and so justifies because he saith that the place in which the said Trespass supposed to be done is and at the said time of that Trespass before supposed to be done was the said place called the Dens and that he at the time of that Trespass before supposed to be done and long before was likewise seised in his Demesn as of Fee of and in two Messuages and 2. Acres of Land with the appurtenances in L. aforesaid and that he and all those whose estate he hath in the said two Messuages and two Acres of Land with the appurtenances from the time of which c. had and were accustomed to have Common of Pasture in the said place called the Dens within the said bounds and limits with all and all manner of his Cattle and living Creatures whatsoever at all time of the year by which the said W.G. at the said time of the said Trespass supposed to be done his said Cattle into the said Close in the said place called the Dens in G. aforesaid within the said bounds and limits to the said Grass there then growing to feed in using his said Common by the said time put as to him it was lawfull which matters are the same breaking of the Close treading consuming and eating up of the said Grass whereof the said E. before himself how complaineth And this c. whereupon c. And the said E. B. saith To the Plea of one of the Defendants the Plantiff saith that the Trespass done was aswell in the said place called the Dens as in another place called the East Heath and because the Defendants to the Trespass in the same place called East Heath of new assigned doe not answer prayeth Judgment c. New Assignment that he by any matter before alleged from his said Action against the said R. B. and W.C. had ought not to be precluded because he saith that the said Close and also the place in which the said Trespass whereof the said E.
Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be done entred upon which said T.B. possession thereupon the aforesaid T. A. and W. as the servants of them the said F. and I. and by their commandement the aforesaid time wherein c. into the same Tenements with the appurtenances re-entred and the close aforesaid then there broke and the corne and grasse then there growing did tread downe and consume continuing that treading downe and consumption in forme aforesaid as it was lawfull for them to do And this c. Whereupon c. Whether action c. The Plaintiffe Assigns Trespasse anew AND the aforesaid T.R. sayes that he by any thing by the aforesaid T.A. and VV. pre-alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against them of the Trespasse aforesaid made because he saith that the place in which the Trespasse aforesaid whereof he above now complaineth is and the said time wherein c. was two hundred acres of Lands in R aforesaid called Fatherfeild Thistlecrosse and Churchfield other then the Tenements aforesaid in the aforesaid barre of them the said T.A. and VV. specified VVhereupon for that the aforesaid T.A. and VV. to the Trespasse aforesaid in the aforesaid two hundred acres of Land answer not he prayes judgement and his damages by occasion of that Trespasse to be adjudged unto him c. ANd the aforesaid T.A. and W. as to the trespasse aforesaid in the aforesaid two hundred acres of land anew assigned supposed to be done The Defendants justifie the Trespasse in the lands anew assigned for certain way from their houses to the Church say that the aforesaid T.R. ought not to have or maintain his action aforesaid against them c. because they say that the aforesaid T.A. and W. are and the aforesaid time wherein c. were seized of one Messuage with the appurtenances in R. aforesaid in their demesne as of Fee and that they and all those whose estate the same T.A. and W. have in the same Messuage with the appurtenances were accustomed to have a certaine way from the said Messuage unto the Parish Church of R. over and upon the aforesaid two hundred acres of Land from the time out of mind c. By which the same T.A. and W. the aforesaid time wherin c. into the aforesaid two hundred acres of Land entred using their way aforesaid in the same as it was lawfull for them to doe which is the same trespasse of breaking the Close aforesaid and treading downe and consuming the grasse aforesaid in the same two hundred acres of Land whereof the aforesaid A. B. above against them complaineth And this c. whereupon they pray judgement whether the aforesaid T.B. ought to have and maintaine his action aforesaid against them c. ANd the aforesaid T.B. saies that he by any thing before alledged ought not to be debaâ—red from having his action aforesaid against them The Plaintiff by protestation saies the Defendant had no way for plea that they trod down the grasse out of the way because by protestation that the aforesaid T. A. and W. and all they whose state the same A.T. and W. have in the Messuage aforesaid have not had nor were accustomed to have the way aforesaid from the Messuage aforesaid to the Church aforesaid over and upon the aforesaid two hundred acres of Land in the aforesaid last bar specified from the time out of mind c. as they above by pleadings have alledged for plea he sayes that he the same T.B. was of the aforesaid two hundred acres of Land with the appurtenances long before the said time wherein c. seized in his demesne as of Fee untill the aforesaid T. A. and W. by force and armes aforesaid the Close aforesaid in the aforesaid two hundred acres of Land did breake and the come and grasse aforesaid out of that way growing did tread downe and consume in manner and forme as the same T. B. above by pleading hath alledged and this c. whereupon he prayes judgement and his damages by occasion of that trespasse to be adjudged unto him c. ANd the aforesaid T.A. and W. as to the trespasse aforesaid out of the way aforesaid in the aforesaid two hundred acres of Lands supposed to be made say that they are nothing thereof guilty And of this they put themselves upon the Country and the aforesaid T.B. in like manner c. The Defendants justifie the taking of a Mortuary by vertue of a Demise to them of the Rectory c. Trin. 21. Hen. 7. Rol 62 ANd the aforesaid R. P. and W. P. by A. B. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. and as to the coming by force and armes or whatsoever c. not guilty c. and as to the residue c. the same R. and W. say that the aforesaid plaintiffe ought not to have his action c. because they say that one L. Prior of the house and Church of the blessed Mary and St. Thomas the Martyr of the now place near Guilford is and the said time wherein c. was Parson imparsonate of the Church of Ewel aforesaid and that he and all his Predecessors Priors of the house aforesaid from the time out of minde c. were Parsons of the same Church imparsonate in the same And that he and all his Predecessors aforesaid Parsons of the Church aforesaid by the whole time aforesaid were used and accustomed to have of every person within the Precinct of the Parish of Ewel aforesaid dying to whom the Sacraments and holy things at the time of his death are administred or administrable one living Beast of the same so dying person if the same dying man have beasts at the time of his death or before or the best thing of him the said so dying man if he have no living beasts at the same time in the name of a Mortuary for the holy things to him so dying to be celebrated And that the aforesaid Prior and all his Predecessours aforesaid Parsons of the Church aforesaid from the whole time aforesaid were used and accustomed to take and seize such Mortuary so happening to whose hands soever they should come And the same R.P. and VV. say that the aforesaid now Prior long before the said time wherein c. that is to say such a day and yeer at Ripley in the County aforesaid demised to the aforesaid R.P. the Rectory of Ewel aforesaid with all fruits oblations offerings glebes lands and other their appurtenances whatsoever To have and to hold to him the said R.P. and his Assigns untill the end and terme of one and twenty years from thence next following and fully to be compleat By vertue of which Demise the aforesaid R.P. long before the said time wherein c. was of the Rectory aforesaid and other the premises with their appurtenances possessed And hee being so thereof possessed after and before the said time that is to
say such a day and year aforesaid one E G. to whom the Sacraments and holy things then were to be administred and administrable was possessed of the aforesaid horse as of his proper horse And he being so thereof possessed long before the said time wherein c. delivered that horse to the aforesaid R.G. safely to be kept And that horse to him the said E. to be redelivered when he should be thereunto required And that also long before the said time wherein c. that is to lay the eleventh day of March such a yeer One R.R. to whom the Sacraments and holy things then were to be administred and administrable was possessed of the aforesaid Oxe as of his proper Oxe And so being thereof possessed long before the same time wherein c. delivered that Oxe to the aforesaid R.G. to be safely kept And that Oxe to him the said R.R. when he should be thereunto required to bee re-delivered By means whereof the aforesaid R. E. long before the aforesaid time wherein c. was of the said Oxe possessed And he being so of the same Horse and Oxe possessed the aforesaid E. G. and R. R. afterwards and long before the same time at Ewell aforesaid within the Parish aforesaid dyed By means whereof the Horse and Oxe aforesaid came and belonged to the aforesaid R.P. in the name of a Mortuary of them the said E. G. and R.R. By which the same R.P. as in his owne Right And the aforesaid A. and W. as servants of him the said R.P. and by his command the aforesaid time wherein c. the Horse and Oxe aforesaid at Ewell aforesaid found in the name of Mortuaries of them the said E.G. and R.R. they tooke and led away as it was lawfull for them to doe And this c. whereupon they pray judgement whether the action c. AND the Plaintiffe sayes that he ought not to be debarred from his action aforesaid c. because he saith That the Prior Parson of the Church aforesaid imparsonate in the same remaines and all his Predecessors aforesaid Parsons of that Church from time out of minde were used and accustomed to have of each person within the Precinct of the Parish of Ewell dying to whom the Sacraments and holy things at the time of his death are to be administred and administrable one living beast of the same so dying person if the same dying person have living beasts at the time of his death or one other better thing of his the said person so dying if at the same time he had no living beasts in the name of a Mortuary for Sacramentals to him so dying to be administred And that also within the same Parish of Ewell from the whole time aforesaid there is had such a custome that wheresoever any of the Parish aforesaid to whom Sacraments and holy things are to be administred and administrable at the time of his death within the Parish aforesaid doe dye having livings beasts or other things at the time of his death that then after his death his Executor or Executors of his last will or Administrator or Administrators of the goods and Chattels of him so dying were used and accustomed to have the first election of all and singular the beasts or of any other better things which were of him so dying at the time of his death And the same living beasts or other better things first chosen to bee taken and seized to the fulfilling of the Will of the Testator so deceasing And after such election of the living beasts or of other better things of such person dying by the Executor or Administrator of the goods of such so dying in forme aforesaid made That then the aforesaid Prior Parson imparsonate of the Church aforesaid or his Deputy by the whole time aforesaid were used and accustomed to have to himselfe of the beasts or of other things residue which were of the aforesaid so dying person at the time of his death the best beast or other better thing of his so dying by his Executors or Administrators formerly in no wise taken or seized for his Mortuary And the aforesaid R. and M. say that the aforesaid E.G. and I.R. long before the said time wherein c. And at the time of the death of them were possessed of the aforesaid Horse and Oxe as of their proper Horse and Oxe And so being thereof possessed at Ewell aforesaid constituted the aforesaid R.G. Executor of their last Wills And long before the aforesaid time wherein c. By means whereof the said R.G. after the death of the aforesaid E.G. and R.R. as Executor of the Testament and last Will of them the said E.G. and R.R. long before the said time wherein c. the aforesaid Horse and Oxe as the best living beasts of the aforesaid Testator took and seized to the fulfilling of the execution of the Testament of the aforesaid Testators By which he the said E.G. long before the said time wherein c. was of the same Horse and Oxe possessed untill the said R.P.A. and W. in the said time wherein c. the same Horse and Oxe out of the possession of him the said E. G. they took and led away in manner and forme as the same E.G. above against them complaineth And this c. Whereupon for that the aforesaid R.P.A. and W. the Trespasse aforesaid above acknowledgeth he prayeth judgement and his damages upon that occasion to be adjudged unto him c. The Defendant maintaines his plea in bar and traverses the custome pleaded by the Plaintiffe Traverse AND the aforesaid R.P.A. and W. as to the aforesaid residue of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be done sayes as formerly that the aforesaid Prior is and at the said time wherein c. was Parson of the Church aforesaid imparsonate in the same and that he and all his predecessors and so recite as in the first plea in bar of the Defendant Without that that within the aforesaid Parish of Ewell from time out of minde c. there was had such a custome that whensoever any of the Parish aforesaid to whom Sacraments and holy things at the time of his death are to bee administred or administrable do dye within that Parish having livings beasts or other things at the time of his death that then after his death his Executor or Executors of his will aforesaid or the Administrator or Administrators of the goods and Chattels of him so dying were used and accustomed to have the first election of all and singular the livings beasts or of any other better things which were of his so dying at the time of his death And the same living beasts or other bette things first chosen to take and seize to the fulfilling of the Execution of the Testament of such Testator so deceasing as the aforesaid R.G. above by pleading hath alleadged And this c. Whereupon they pray judgement And that he the said E.G. may bee
paid that horse to him the said A. hee sold And the same horse to him the said A. then and there delivered By vertue of which said sale and delivery of that horse as of his proper horse was possessed and as yet is And the aforesaid C. the horse aforesaid out of the possession of him the said B. took and was thereof possessed untill the same A. the same horse as his proper horse at S. aforesaid at the time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made out of the possession of the aforesaid B. by means of the sale and delivery aforesaid he againe took and led away as it was lawfull for him to do And this c. Whereupon hee demands judgement c. AND the aforesaid C. sayes that he by any thing before alleadged The Plaintiffe pleads the property in another stranger who sold to him and traverses the sale made to the Defendant ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against him c. because by protestation that the aforesaid propriety of the horse aforesaid was never the aforesaid B. for Plea he saith that long before the time of the Trespasse aforesaid made the propriety of the horse aforesaid was one T.H. which said T. of that horse as of his proper horse then being possessed that horse to him the said C. long before the said time wherein the Trespasse aforesaid was made to wit such a day and yeare and place and County for a 100 s. to him the said T. in hand paid sold to him the said C. the horse aforesaid And that horse to him the said C. then and there delivered By vertue of which said sale and delivery the same C. of that horse as of his proper horse was possessed untill the aforesaid A. the horse aforesaid at S. aforesaid at the time of the Trespasse aforesaid made by force and arms out of the possession of him the said C. he took and led away as he by his aforesaid Writ and declaration above against him complaineth Without that A Traverse of the sale to the Defendant that the aforesaid B. the horse aforesaid to the aforesaid A. at D. aforesaid the aforesaid such a day and yeare sold in manner and forme as the aforesaid A. above alleadgeth And this c. Whereupon for that the aforesaid A. the Trespasse aforesaid above acknowledgeth hee prayes judgement and his damages by occasion of the Trespasse aforesaid to be adjudged unto him c. Issue upon the Traverse AND the aforesaid A. sayes that the aforesaid B. the horse aforesaid to the aforesaid A. at D. aforesaid the day and year aforesaid sold in manner and form as he above hath alleadged And of this he puts himselfe upon the Country And the aforesaid C. in like manner c. Therefore the Jury is to come c. Institutions in trespasse for want of reparation of the hedges by the Plaintiffs Trin. 22. Hen. 6. Rol. 89. AND the aforesaid T. and I. by I.H. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury where c. And as to the coming by force and armes c. not guilty And as to the breaking of the close aforesaid and the eating up treading downe and consuming of the grasse aforesaid the same T. and I. say that the aforesaid N. ought not to have his action aforesaid against them because they say that they at the time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made were and are seized of a certain close of pasture near adjoyning to the said close of the aforesaid N. in which the grasse aforesaid grew in K. aforesaid in their demesne as of Fee Between which said closes there is a certaine hedge separating each from other the aforesaid closes Which said hedge the aforesaid N. and all they whose estate the same N. hath in the close aforesaid from time out of minde were accustomed to make repaire and sustaine and say that that hedge for want of reparation and sustaining of the same was at the time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made broken downe and laid prostrate to the ground and that the Cattell of them the said T. and I. in their close aforesaid put to depasture into the said close of the aforesaid N. by the breach and decay of the said hedge did enter against the will of them the said T. and I. and the grasse aforesaid did eat up tread downe and consume the same T. and I. their Cattell aforesaid freshly pursuing into the said close of the said N. by the breach and decay aforesaid did enter to drive backe their cattell into the said close of them the said T. and I. and into that close speedily drove them as it was lawfull for them to doe which is the same Trespasse and breach of close and feeding treading downe and consuming the grasse aforesaid whereof the aforesaid N. above against them complaineth And this they are ready to aver c. whereupon c. The Defendants plead that the Vicar was seized in right of his Vicaridge and justifie as his servants Essex AND the aforesaid H.T.R. and VV. by T. G. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. And as to the coming by force and armes as also the whole Trespasse aforesaid besides the breaking of the close and how aforesaid say that they are not guilty c. And as to the breaking of the close and house aforesaid they the same H.R. and VV. say that the aforesaid C. ought not to have thereof his action aforesaid against them because they say that the close and house aforesaid and also the place in which it was supposed the same Trespasse to be made The form of pleading where the quantity of the close is not ascertained in the Declaration was one house acre of Land with the appurtenances in Eastham aforesaid which are and the aforesaid time wherein c. were parcel of the Mannor of Eastham in the County aforesaid whereof before the said time wherein c. one I.R. Vicar of the Church of Eastham aforesaid was seized in his demesne as of Fee in right of his Vicaridge aforesaid by which the same H. R. and W. as the servants of him the said I. R. and by his command the aforesaid time wherein c. the close and house aforesaid did break as it was lawfull for them to doe And this c. Whereupon they pray judgement whether the aforesaid C. ought to have or maintaine his action aforesaid against them c. AND the aforesaid Plaintiffe sayes The plaintiffe replies that the Vicar demised to him c. that he by any thing before pre-alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against them of the breach of the close and house aforesaid because he saith that it is well and true that before the said time of the Trespasse aforesaid made the aforesaid I.R. was seized of the aforesaid house and one
this c. Whereupon for that the aforesaid Defendant above acknowledgeth the taking and carrying away of the goods and chattels aforesaid he prayes judgement and damages by occasion of the Trespasse aforesaid to be adjudged unto him c. Issue upon the Traverse AND the aforesaid Defendant sayes that the aforesaid Plaintiffe pawned to the aforesaid W. G. the aforesaid goods and chattels the taking and carrying away whereof the same Defendant above acknowledgeth for forty Marks as the same Defendant hath above alleadged And of this he puts himselfe upon the Country And the aforesaid Plaintiffe in like manner c. Justification in Trespasse for killing Hogs and Sheep as the servant of the Plaintiffe being a Butcher AND the aforesaid T. by W.T. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. and as to the coming by force and armes and whatsoever is against the peace c. besides the killing of the Hogs and Sheep aforesaid sayes that he is not guilty And as to the residue of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to bee done the same Defendant sayes that the aforesaid Plaintiffe ought not to have his action aforesaid against him because he saith that hee all the time of that Trespasse supposed to be made and long before was servant of the aforesaid Plaintiffe to serve him in the service of a Butcher And that the same Plaintiffe before the time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made at B. aforesaid commanded him the said Defendant then his servant in form aforesaid the Hogs and Sheep aforesaid the said time wherin c. as best conduced with his and of a Butcher to kill and the flesh thereof to put to sale By which the same Defendant the Hogs and Sheep aforesaid the aforesaid time wherein c. as best conduced to his art of a Butcher he did kill as it was lawfull for him to doe And this c. Whereupon he prayes judgement whether the aforesaid Plaintiffe ought to have his action aforesaid against him c. AND the aforesaid Plaintiffe sayes that he by any thing by the aforesaid Defendant before alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against him because hee saith the aforesaid Defendant maliciously of his proper injury the Hogs and Sheep aforesaid the said time wherein c. he killed Without that Traverse that the same Plaintiffe commanded him the said Defendant to kill the Hogs and Sheep aforesaid in the forme wherein the same Defendant above by pleadings hath alleadged And this c. Whereupon for that the aforesaid Defendant above acknowledgeth the Trespasse aforesaid he prayeth judgement and his damages by occasion of that Trespasse to be adjudged unto him c. AND the aforesaid Defendant sayes Issue upon the Traverse that the aforesaid Plaintiffe commanded him the said Defendant to kill the Hogs and Sheep aforesaid in the form wherein he the said Defendant above by pleading hath alleadged And of this hee puts himselfe upon the Country And the aforesaid Plaintiffe in like manner c. Therefore as well c. AND the aforesaid W. by I. R. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. Iustification in a Trespasse for a horse or foot way leading from one Village to another And as to the coming by force and armes and whatsoever c. and the whole Trespasse aforesaid besides the breaking of the Parke aforesaid â— yes that he is in nothing thereof guilty c. And as to the breaking of the Parke aforesaid the same Defendant sayes that the aforesaid Plaintiffe ought not to have his action aforesaid against him because he saith that within the Parke aforesaid there hath been had and time out of minde there was had a certain common high-way leading from the Village of A. unto the said Village of B. in the same County by the middle of the Park aforesaid for all men from the same Village of A. unto the same Village of B. by the same way for the same whole time willing to ride or walke by pretext whereof the same Defendant the said time wherein c. by the same common way within the Parke aforesaid did ride from the same Village of A. unto the aforesaid Village of B. which said riding within the Parke aforesaid is the same breaking of the Park aforesaid whereof the aforesaid Plaintiffe above now complaineth And this c. VVhereupon c. The Plaintiffe replyes that hee did it of his proper injury AND the aforesaid Plaintiffe sayes that he by any thing before prealledged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against the aforesaid Defendant for the breach of the Park aforesaid because he saith that the aforesaid Defendant the aforesaid time wherein c. by force and arms of his own proper injury broke the Park aforesaid Traverse the prescription VVithout that that there is had or time out of minde there was had such a common high-way leading by the middle of the Parke aforesaid as the aforesaid Defendant above by pleading hath alleadged And this c. VVhereupon for this c. he prayes judgement and his damages c. to be adjudged unto him c. Issue upon the Traverse AND the aforesaid Defendant sayes that there is had and from the time out of minde there hath been had such a common high-way leading by the middle of the Parke aforesaid as hee the same Defendant above by pleading hath alleadged And of this he puts himselfe upon the Country and the aforesaid Plaintiffe in like manner Therefore the Jury thereupon is to come c. Iustification in Trespasse by license AND the aforesaid I. by I.R. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. And as to the coming by force and armes or any thing c. as also the whole Trespasse besides the breaking of the house aforesaid sayes that he is not guilty c. And as to the Trespasse aforesaid of breaking the house aforesaid above supposed to be done the same Defendant sayes that the aforesaid Plaintiffe ought not to have his action aforesaid thereupon against him because he saith that the same Plaintiffe long before the same time wherein c. at Westminster in the County of Middlesex licensed him the said I. to enter into the house aforesaid By which the same Plaintiffe long before the said time wherein c. at Westminster in the County aforesaid finding the doors of the house open he peaceably entred that house as it was lawfull for him to doe which is the same breaking of the same house whereof the aforesaid Plaintiffe above against him complaineth And this he is ready to aver VVhereupon hee demands judgement whether the aforesaid Plaintiffe ought to have his action against him c. The Plaintiffe replies that hee did it of his proper injury â—â—ll traverses the License AND the aforesaid Plaintiffe sayes that he by any
to do which said arrest and leading to the prison aforesaid and laying hands upon him the said H. are the same taking imprisoning and ill handling whereof the aforesaid R. above complaines And this c. whereupon he prayes judgement whether the action c. AND the aforesaid R. saies that he by any thing before alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against the said H. W. Because by protestation not acknowledging any thing by the aforesaid H. above alleadged to be true for plea he saith The Plaintiffe replies that he offered security that he before the time of the Trespasse aforesaid made and the time wherein c. offered the aforesaid H. to finde sufficient security before T. Partridge then one of the Justices of the peace of our Lord the King for the same County assigned to be kept according to the form of the aforesaid precept by the said I.W. to him directed which to doe the same H. refused Without that that the same R.C. refused to come before the Justices of the Peace in manner and form as the aforesaid H. hath above alleadged Traverse the denying to come before the Iustices And this c. whereupon for that the aforesaid H. the Trespasse aforesaid above acknowledgeth he prayeth judgement and his damages by that occasion to be adjudged unto him c. AND the aforesaid H sayes Issue upon the Traverse that the aforesaid R. refused to come before the Justices of our Lord the King to find sufficient security in manner and forme as the same H. above hath alleadged and of this he puts himselfe upon the Country And the aforesaid R.C. in like manner c. Justification by vertue of a common Watch according to the forme of the Statute of Winchester AND the aforesaid G. by I.W. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. And as to the comming by force and armes and whatsoever is against the peace of our Lord the King as also the whole Trespasse aforesaid besides the assault and imprisonment above supposed to be made sayes that hee is not guilty c. And as to the assault and imprisonment supposed to be made the same G. sayes that the aforesaid T. ought not thereupon to have his action aforesaid against him because he saith that in the Statute in the Parliament of Edward the first late King of England Progenitor of our Lord the King that now is at Winchester in the thirtieth yeare of his Reigne held published amongst other things It was ordained and established that watches should be made as more anciently they were wont to be that is to say from the day of the Ascension of our Lord unto the feast of St. Michael the Arch-angel that is to say in each City by six men at each Gate of the same and in every Town by twelve men and in every entire Village by six or foure men according to the number of the people inhabiting in them And that the Watches should be kept by the whole night from the Sun-set to the rising of the Sun so that if any stranger should make his journey through them he should be arrested until the morning following And if no suspicion should be then found of him that then hee should from thence goe quit as in the same Statute more fully is contained And further the same G. sayes that he at the time of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be made was dwelling in the said Village of W. together with other the inhabitants his neighbours about him in the same Village were assigned to keep the Watches there and sayes that the aforesaid T. the time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made to wit such a day year and place came suspiciously to the Village aforesaid after Sun-set and before the rising of the same that is to say about the houre of eleven in the same night By which the same G. then came to the aforesaid T. and him at the same time wherein c. he arrested and detained him with him untill the morning following and compelled him to stay there according to the forme of the Statute aforesaid as it was lawfull for him to doe which said coming unto and detention by the cause aforesaid in form aforesaid is the same assault and imprisonment whereof the aforesaid T. above now complaineth And this he is ready to aver VVhereupon he prayes judgement whether the aforesaid Plaintiffe ought to have his action aforesaid against him c. Middlesex AND the aforesaid C. Crips Iustification by a Constable for taking a Where Mich. 2. Hen. 8. Rot. 103. and E. by T.R. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. And as to the coming by force and armes And whatsoever which is against the peace c. as also the whole Trespasse aforesaid besides the assault beating evill handling and imprisonment by the space aforesaid supposed to be made the same C. and E. say that they are in nothing thereof guilty c. And as to the assault beating evill handling and imprisonment the same E. and C. say that the aforesaid M. ought not to have her action aforesaid against them because they say that the aforesaid M. long before the said time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made was a publick notorious and common Whore and had carnall knowledge with many and divers common men unknowne to him the said C. at many and divers times And the same C. and E. say that at the time wherein the Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be made and long before the same C. was Constable of our Lord the King in the aforesaid Parish of St. Andrews and that before the said time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to bee done was given to understand by certaine of his neighbours very carefull of keeping the peace of our Lord the King and willing to avoid ill government he being then Constable of our Lord the King as aforesaid that the aforesaid M. at the aforesaid Parish of St. Andrews then lay and lodged in bed with a certaine man unknowne to the same neighbours and also that divers loose men and vagabonds and very many unknowne persons made many brawlings scoldings cryings out uproars there between themselves and strove together which of them should first have the carnall knowledge of her the said M. and should then use her as their Whore By reason of which information he the said C. then there being Constable as he was by oath bound for the preservation of the peace of our Lord the King and the avoyding of the premises and the ill government aforesaid repaired to a place in the Parish aforesaid where then the aforesaid M. and other the men vagabonds aforesaid then were supposed to be as to see if the same M. and the rest of the aforesaid men vagabonds behaved themselves there as hee was given to understand the aforesaid time wherein the
inquired of by the Country And the aforesaid T. and A. for the aforesaid A. in like manner c. One Defendant pleades for assault demesne and the other justifies as parting a Pray AND the aforesaid T. and R. by W. H. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. And as to the coming by force and armes as also the whole Trespasse aforesaid besides the assault beating and evill handling aforesaid say that they are in nothing thereof guilty And as to the assault beating and evill handling the same T. R. say that the aforesaid Plaintiffe ought not thereupon to have his action aforesaid against them because the same T. sayes that the aforesaid Plaintiffe the day and yeare aforesaid at A. aforesaid on him the said T. made an assault and him then and there would have beat wound and evill handle By which the same T. himselfe against the aforesaid A. then and there did defend And the evill if any to him the said A. then and there happened That was of the proper assault of him the said A. and in the defence of him the said T. And the aforesaid R. sayes that for that that the aforesaid A. the day and yeare aforesaid at A. aforesaid on the aforesaid T. made assault and him would have beat wound and evill handle by which the same R. being then and there personally present for the preservation of the peace of our Lord the King lest one of them the said A. and T. should doe any corporall hurt each to the other he softly laid his hands as well upon the aforesaid A. as upon the aforesaid T. to separate them from being together Which said laying on of his hands out of the cause aforesaid is the same assault beating and evill handling whereof the aforesaid Plaintiffe above now complaineth And this they are severally ready to aver Whereupon they pray judgement whether the aforesaid Plaintiffe ought to have his action aforesaid against them c. AND the aforesaid Plaintiffe sayes that he by any thing by them the said T. and R. before alleadged ought not to bee debarred from having his action aforesaid against them because he saith that the aforesaid T. and R. by force and armes of their owne proper injury and without such a cause by them above alleadged on him the said A. at A. they made an assault and him did beat wound and evill handle in manner and forme as he above by his Writ and Declaration supposeth And this hee prayes may be inquired of by the Country And the aforesaid T. and R. in like manner c. AND the aforesaid I. D. in his proper person comes An agreement pleaded in assault and battery and defends the force and injury when c. And as to the coming by force and armes or whatsoever which is against the peace c. sayes that he is in nothing thereof guilty And as to the residue of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be done the same I. sayes that the aforesaid T. ought not to have his action aforesaid against him because hee saith that long after the Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be made to wit the first day of May in the two and twentieth year aforesaid at M. aforesaid the same I. and T. by the mediation of R. D. and W.W. their friends in a friendly manner coming between them in such manner it was agreed together between them that is to say that the aforesaid I. should pay to the aforesaid T. in amends and satisfaction of that Trespasse a Pottle of Claret wine which said I. the same Pottle of Claret wine to the aforesaid T. then and there paid according to the force forme and effect of the concord aforesaid And this c. Whereupon he prayes judgement c. No such action pleaded ANd the aforesaid I.H. saies that he by any thing pre-alledged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid because he saith that there was never any such agreement had between them the said I.H. and I.D. in manner and forme as the same I.D. hath above alledged by pleading And this he prayes may be inquired of by the Country and the aforesaid J.H. in like manner c. Justification of assault and battary by a Vicar for disturbance in the Church ANd the aforesaid T. by R.B. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. and as to the coming by force and arms and whatsoever which is against the peace c. saies that he is not guilty c. and as to the residue c sayes that the Plaintiff ought not to have his action aforesaid against him because he saith that he is and at time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made was Vicar of the Parish Church of the said village of S. And the aforesaid W. the same time wherein c. in the same Church at evening prayers then there celebrated did prattle and talke so loudly that the same evening prayers with that solemnity as it ought could not be celebrated by which the same T. as Vicar of the same Church and Curate aforesaid the same VV. then and there did Canonically reprove and by his authority in that behalfe admonish that he would desist there-from and the same W. this to doe did contumeliously deny By which the same T. on the same W. so disobeying him as his Curate did softly lay his hands upon him and him out of that Church did softly put out remove as it was lawful for him to do which said laying on of hands of him the said T. on the aforesaid W. out of the cause aforesaid is the aforesaid assault beating c. of the same W. whereof hee above against the same W. complaineth and this c. whereupon he prayes judgement whether the aforesaid W. ought in this behalfe to have his action aforesaid against him c. The Plaintiffes reply that he did it of his proper injury ANd the aforesaid Plaintiffe sayes that he by any thing before alledged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against the aforesaid T. Because he saith that the aforesaid T. the day and year aforesaid of his proper injury and without any such cause by him above alledged on him the said W. at S. aforesaid hee made an assault and him did beate wound and evill handle in manner and form as the same W. above against him complaineth And this he prayes may be inquired of by the Country and the aforesaid T. in like manner c. ANd the aforesaid S.P. by R.H. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. and as to the coming by force and armes or whatsoever which is against the peace Justifies the assault in the defence of his title to put the Plaintiffe out of the Houses c. as also the whole Trespasse aforesaid beside the breaking of the Closes and Houses aforesaid and the assault
A. aforesaid at L. aforesaid he did breake and the aforesaid one Cow of the aforesaid Cowes he took and drove away in manner and forme as the same A. above against him complaineth Traverse of the place Without that that the aforesaid Tenement called A. is within the Hundred of O. aforesaid as the aforesaid J. above by pleadings hath alleadged and this c. whereupon for that that the aforesaid J. the taking of one Cow of the aforesaid Cowes taken for a Herriot for the aforesaid Tenement called A. above acknowledgeth the same A. prays judgement and her damages by occasion of the taking and driving away of that Cow to be adjudged unto her c. The Plaintiffe pleads as to the other Cow that the Defendant took the Cow de son toyt demesne and traverses the custom And as to the taking of the other Cow of the aforesaid Cowes for a Herriot for the aforesaid Tenement called B. the aforesaid A. saies that the aforesaid J. of his own proper injury and without such cause by him above by pleading alleadged the aforesaid day and yeare in the Declaration aforesaid above specified the Close of him the said A. aforesaid at L. aforesaid he did breake and the aforesaid other Cow of the Cowes aforesaid he tooke and drove away in manner and forme as the same A. above against him now complaines Traverse of the custome Without that that within the Hundred of O. aforesaid there is had or time out of mind there hath been had any such laudable and ancient Custome Issues upon both Traverses that is to say that the Lord of every Tenant for the time being within the Hundred of O. aforesaid after the death of every Tenant who should dye seized in his Demesne as of fee of any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments within the said Hundred held by fealty and rent should take the best living beast of the cattell of the same Tenant in manner and forme aforesaid dead of which the same Tenant dyed possessed for a Herriot for every such Tenant as the aforesaid I. above by pleading hath alleadged and this c. whereupon for that the aforesaid I. the taking and driving away of the aforesaid other Cow of the Cowes aforesaid above in like manner acknowledgeth for iâ— Herriot for the aforesaid Tenant called B. the same A. in like manner praies judgement and her damages by occasion of the taking of that Cow to be adjudged unto her c. AND the aforesaid I. as to the taking of the aforesaid one Cow of the Cows aforesaid for a Herriot for the aforesaid Tenement called A. taken and driven away as formerly saies that the aforesaid Tenement called A. is within the Hundred of O. aforesaid in manner and form as the same I above by pleading hath alleadged And of this he puts himselfe upon the Country and the aforesaid A. in like manner c. and as to the taking and driving away of the other Cow of the Cowes aforesaid for a Herriot for the aforesaid Tenement called B. the same I. as formerly sayes that within the Hundred of O. aforesaid is had and time out of mind there hath been had any such c. as before in the last Traverse in manner and forme as the same I. above in like manner by pleading hath alleadged and of this in like manner the aforesaid I. puts himselfe upon the Country and the aforesaid A. in like manner c. therefore as well to the trying c. the Jury thereupon is to come c. AND the aforesaid W. and R. by R. D. their Attorney Iustification of cutting of wood for Estators by prescription come and defend the force and injury when c. and as to the coming by force and Armes or whatsoever which is against the peace c. as also the cutting taking and carrying away of a hundred Oakes and two Ashes and 80 Cart-load of under wood of the aforesaid C. Cart-load of under-wood sayes that they are in no wise thereof guilty And of this c. And as to the taking and carrying away of twenty Cart-load of the aforesaid C. Cart-load of under-wood residue as also the whole residue of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be made they the same W. and R. say that the aforesaid E. ought not to have her action aforesaid against them because they say that the Close aforesaid as also the places wherein the Trespasses aforesaid are above supposed to be made and at that same time wherein those Trespasses were supposed to bee made were a certaine Wood called Mylnehop Wood containing in it 60 acres of Wood with the appurtenances in M. aforesaid and that long before the said time wherein c. as also at the same time wherein c. the aforesaid W. was seized of one Messuage and twenty acres of Land with the appurtenances in M. aforesaid in his demesne as of fee and that to the same Messuage and twenty acres of Land with the appurtenances the same W. and all his Ancestors and all they whose estate the same W. now hath and the aforesaid time wherein c. had of and in the aforesaid Messuage and twenty acres of Land with the appurtenances had and from time out of minde were accustomed to have for themselves their Farmers and Tenants of the same Messuage and twenty acres of Land with the appurtenances reasonable Estators in the aforesaid C. acres of Wood for their owne proper necessary fire-boot in the same Messuage of him the said W. to be spent and burnt as unto the same Messuage Fire-booâ— and twenty acres of Land with the appurtenances belonging By which he the same W. in his owne proper right and the aforesaid R. as the servant of him the said W. the same time wherein c. in the aforesaid sixty acres of Wood with the appurtenances did enter And the aforesaid twenty Cart-load of underwood residue c. for the aforesaid necessary fire-boot of him the said W. according to the custome aforesaid in the aforesaid Messuage to be spent and burnt in the aforesaid sixty Acres of Wood with the appurtenances then growing and uncut by using there the common of Estevors of him the said W. they cut downe took and carried away as it was lawfull for them to doe Which said entry into the aforesaid sixty acres of wood with the appurtenances out of the cause aforesaid is the same entring and breaking of the Close aforesaid And which said cutting downe taking and carrying away of the aforesaid twenty Cart-load of underwood residue of and for necessary fireboot aforesaid according to the custome aforesaid in the aforesaid place in which c. as aforesaid cut downe taken and carried away are the same cutting taking and carrying away of the same twenty Cart-load of underwood residue c. whereof the aforesaid E. above against them complaines And this they are ready to aver Whereupon they pray judgement whether the aforesaid E.
ought to have her action aforesaid against them c. AND the aforesaid E. sayes that shee by any thing before alleadged by them the said W. and R. ought not to be debarred from having her action aforesaid against them because by Protestation that the aforesaid sixty acres of wood with the appurtenances are and the aforesaid time of the Trespasse aforesaid made were the sole and freehold of the aforesaid E. Traverse of the Prescription Without that that the aforesaid W. and all they whose estate the same W. now hath and the aforesaid time of the Trespasse aforesaid made had of and in the aforesaid Messuage and twenty acres of Land with the appurtenances have had and time out of minde were accustomed to have for themselves their Farmers and Tenants of the same Messuage and twenty acres of Land with the appurtenances reasonable Estators in the aforesaid sixty acres of wood with the appurtenances for their proper and necessary fireboot in the said Messuage of him the aforesaid W. to be spent and burnt as unto the same Messuage and twenty acres of Land with the appurtenances belonging in manner and forme as the said VV. and R. above by pleading have alleadged And this he is ready to aver VVhereupon for that that the aforesaid VV. and R. the Trespasse aforesaid above acknowledge he prayes judgement and his damages by occasion of that Trespasse to bee adjudged unto him c. Issue taken upon the Traverse of the Prescription AND the aforesaid Prior I.L. and I.F. by VV.C. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. The Defendants all plead not guilty as to the force and armes and one as to the rest And the other justifie by vertue of a Warrant And as to the coming by force and armes not guilty c. And the aforesaid Prior as to the residue of the Trespasse aforesaid sayes that he is in nothing thereof guilty And of this he puts himselfe upon the Country c. And the aforesaid J.L. and J.R. say that the aforesaid J. B. ought not to have his action aforesaid against them because they say that long before the time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made our Lord the King that now is was seized of the Mannor and Lordship of Leeds in his demesne as of Fee within which said Mannor our Lord the King that now is held his Court called a Court-Baron as in right of his Mannor aforesaid from three weeks to three weeks before his Steward for the time being there to be held And sayes that our Lord the King so being seized by his Letters Patents whose date is the tenth day of October in the seventeenth yeare of his Reigne granted unto the aforesaid Prior and Covent the custody of the Mannor and Lordship of Leeds aforesaid with the appurtenances and the joysting of the Parke there To hold to him and his successours from such a day next to come unto the end of twenty years from thence next following fully to be compleat and ended rendring therefore yearly to our said Lord the King in his Exchequer at the feasts of Easter and St. Michael the Arch-angel by equall portions for the custody and joysting aforesaid 24 l. of lawfull money of England as they before had paid and also sustaining the Closes and Edifices and also supporting all other charges to the same Mannor belonging appertaining so long as they should have the custody and joysting aforesaid By vertue of which said Grant the same Prior and Covent were thereof possessed long before the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made and at the day of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to bee made And they say also further that long before the trespass aforesaid was supposed to be made that is to say such a day and year one J.S. Knight before R.C. then Steward of the same Prior of his Court aforesaid in the same Court brought a certaine plaint against the aforesaid I.B. of a plea of Trespasse by force of which said plaint the same Steward then and there commanded a certaine precept to one VV.R. then Bayliffe of the Mannor aforesaid directed to attach the aforesaid I.B. by his goods and chattels within the Precinct of the same Mannor to appeare before the aforesaid Steward at the next Court there to be held that is to say the second day of September then next following to answer the aforesaid I. S. in his plaint aforesaid by force whereof the same Bayliffe the aforesaid time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made And the aforesaid I.L. and I.F. as the servants of the same Bayliff and by his command the aforesaid I B. by two Horses and six Oxen aforesaid then in the place in which c. which is within the Precinct of the Mannor aforesaid found they did attach And the same Oxen and Horses then there they impounded and held impounded as it was lawfull for them to do which said taking impounding and detaining of the Cattel aforesaid out of the cause aforesaid are the same Trespasse taking c. of which the same I.B. conceives his action aforesaid c. Which all and singular they are ready to aver Whereupon they pray judgement whether the aforesaid I. B. ought to have his action aforesaid against them c. The Plaintiffe replies that they did it of their proper injury without such a cause AND the aforesaid J.B. sayes that he by any thing before alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against them because he saith that the aforesaid I. L. and I.F. of their owne proper injury and without such cause by them the aforesaid I.L. and I F. above alleadged with force and armes aforesaid have made in manner and forme as he the said I. B. above against them complaineth And this he prayes may be inquired of by the Country And the aforesaid I. L. and I.F. in like manner c. Issue upon the Traverse AND the said I. M. as before saith That the said Tenements with the appurtenances are and from the time of the memory of man were customary Tenements and Lands and demised and demisable by Copy of Court Roll of the said Mannor in manner and forme as the said I.M. before in pleading hath alleadged And of this hee putteth himselfe upon the Country And the said I. S. in like manner Therefore c. Trespasse upon the Case Midd. ss BOnaventure Ashby Gentleman Declaration in Trover of a reclaymed Falcon Pasch 19. Eliz. Rol. 499. complaines of John Gifford Gentleman in the custody of the Marshall c. for that that is to say whereas the aforesaid B. such a day year and place in the County aforesaid was possessed of a Falcon reclaimed and tamed of the price of 40 l. with two Belles to the value of 12 d. and two Varvils in which the name of the aforesaid B. was inscribed to the value of 5 s. as of his proper goods and chattels
E. who prosecutes for our Lord the King in that behalfe for the same Lord the King sayes that Whereas in the Statute in the Parliament of our Lord King Henry the 6th late King of England held at Westminster in the 23th yeare of his Raign amongst other things it is ordained and established that no Sherife undersherife Baylife of any Liberty or franchise or any other Baylife by occasion or colour of his Office should take any other thing by them c. and so recite the Statute And that all Sherifes under-Sherifes Bayliffs of liberties or other Bayliffes or any other Officers or Ministers who should do contrary to the Ordinance aforesaid or any the Articles in the same should loose to the party grieved in that behalfe his damages to the trouble and should forfeit the summe of fortie pound each Sherife wherein he or any of them should do contrary to the Ordinance aforesaid Whereof the Lord the King was to have one Moyetie to the use of his houshold and no other wayes and to him who in that behalfe will prosecute another moyetie thereof as in the same Statute more fully is contained yet the aforesaid Defendant little weighing the aforesaid Statute such a day and yeare then being under-Sherife of the County aforesaid at such a place by colour of his Office aforesaid took Extortiously of one I. D. by the hands of one R. W. for the making and returning of a certaine pannell upon a Writ of Venire facias at the Suit of the aforesaid I. D. against R. H. and others in the same Writ contained in a Plea of trespasse prosecuted thirteen shillings and foure pence against the forme and effect of the Statute aforesaid by which the Action accrued to the said Lord the King to require and have of the aforesaid Defendant the aforesaid forty pound yet the aforesaid Defendant allthough often required c. the aforesaid forty pounds to the said Lord the King he hath not as yet rendered it but the same to him hitherto to render he hath denyed and as yet doth denie Whereupon c. The Defendant pleads that he took not against the form of the Statute AND the aforesaid Defendant by W.C. his Attorney comes c. and sayes our aforesaid Lord the King him the said Defendant by occasion of the premises in an thing to impeach or trouble ought not because he saith that he took not of the aforesaid I. D. the aforesaid thirteen shillings and foure pence against the forme of the Statute aforesaid as the aforesaid I. C. for our Lord the King aforesaid above hath alleaged And of this he puts himselfe upon the Countrey And the aforesaid I. which c. for our Lord the King in like manner c. Therefore c. VVITHERNAM WIlts ss Command was to the Sheriffe as it was often commanded him Entries of a Plure Replegiare that instantly and without delay he should cause to be replevyed to R. D. his cattell which E.P. I. D.W.S. and W. W. took and unjustly detained or that he should be before our Lady the Queen in eight dayes of Saint Hillary last past wheresoever The Sherife returnes the cattell were so farre off remved c. c. to shew wherefore the command of our Lady the Queen so oftentimes thereupon to him directed he had contemned and the same Sherife to her the said Lady the Queen at that day returned that the Cattell aforesaid were removed afarr off to a place unknown unto him by the aforesaid E.P. others so that he could not have the view of them Therefore command was to the same Sherife The entrie of a Withernam and Pone that of the cattell of the aforesaid E P. and others in his Bailywick he should take in Withernam and the same to the aforesaid R.D. he should cause to be delivered to be held to him untill the aforesaid E. and others would deliver the cattell aforesaid and in what manner he should have executed the same precept he should make known to our Lady the Queen from the day of Easter in fifteen dayes wheresoever c. The returne of the Writ Command was also to the same Sherife that if the aforesaid R.D. should make him secure of prosecuting his Complaint as also of returning the cattell aforesaid if the returne thereupon should be adjudged then he should put by sure and safe pledges the aforesaid E.P. and others that they should be before our Lady the Queen at the aforesaid Term to answer the aforesaid R. D. of the taking and detaining of the cattell aforesaid At which day before our Lady the Queen at Westminster came the aforesaid R. D. by M. Moseley his Attorney And the Sherife returned that the aforesaid R. D. had made him the said Sherife secure of prosecuting his Complaint aforesaid and of the returne of the cattell aforesaid if the returne hereupon should be adjudged and that the aforesaid E.P. is attached by Pledges of W.P. and G.G. as also that the aforesaid I.T. W.S. and W.W. hath nothing within his Baily-wick whereby they can be attached The same Sherife also returnes that he the 24th of March in the one and twentieth year of the Raign of our Lady E. now Quen of England took in Withernam two horses whereof one is of Colour white and the oâ—her very gray and three Maâ—â—s whereof one is of a bay Colour another of a Gray colour and another of a daple Gray and eighteen Sheep of the Cattell of the aforesaid E.F. and others and the same to the aforesaid R. D. he hath caused to be delivered to be held unto him untill the said E. and others the cattell aforesaid formerly taken they will deliver as it was commanded unto him and the aforesaid E. P. and others the fourth day of the plea being solemnly called by R. Best their Attorney in like manner came upon which the aforesaid D. declaring aganst the aforesaid E. P. and others complaines that they such a day and yeare at Lockeridge in the Parish of Fifeeld in the County aforesaid in a certaine place there called the Common Field took the cattell of him the said Robert that is to say six Geldings of the price of 24. l. and them unjustly detained against Sureties and Pledges c. Whereupon he saith he is worsted and hath damage to the value of forty pounds And thereupon he brings his Suit c. Judgement for the Plaintiff in a Replevin upon a Demurrer in Law Easter 30. Eliz Rot. 196. THE Plaintiff declares and the Defendant pleads in acknowledgment c. and the Plaintiff pleads in Bar and the Defendants rejoines to the Bar and thereupon the Plaintiff demurs in Law and they join in Demurrer and Judgment was had for the Plaintiff as followes Because as yet c. at which day before our Lady the Queen at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid Vpon which all and singular the premises being seen
done they fled And the same Thomas Berd them speedily followed from Town to Town unto the four next adjoyning Villages And with or untill c. And if the same Felons who now appear the Felonie aforesaid of the Robbery aforesaid upon them above put will denie the same Thomas Berd is here ready to prove this against them as the Court c. And the aforesaid Joan and some of the Defendants in their proper persons came and defended the force and injury when and all Felony and whatsoever c. Not guilty for some of the Defendants And say that they are not guilty And of this they put themselves c. And the aforesaid Thomas Berd in like manner c. Therefore the Jury thereupon is to come before our Lord the King in eight dayes of the Purification of the blessed Virgin Mary And who neither c. to Recognize c. Because aswell c. The same day is given to the parties now appearing And upon this the same Joan Bayl for some of the Defendants and Thomas Ireland and others are delivered over in Bayl unto Iohn Methole of c. and three other Manucaptors c. before our Lord the King at the aforesaid Town c. At which day before Default after Issue by one c. the aforesaid Thomas Berd solemnly called to appear came not And the aforesaid Iohn Govor and others in their proper persons came And the aforesaid Ioan Govor and Thomas Ireland although solemnly called the fourth day of the Plea came not upon which the aforesaid Iohn Methole one of the Pledges of the aforesaid Thomas Ireland in his proper person came And said that the same Thomas Ireland is dead One of the Defendants dead and dyed at Huish neer Highbrigs in the said County of Somerset long before the said eight dayes of the Purification c. to wit such a day and this he is ready to avow whereupon he presumeth our Lord the King him upon the aforesaid occasion would acquit c. And upon this for that that it is sufficiently here in Court by credible men of the aforesaid Country testified that the aforesaid Thomas Ireland is dead and dyed in the form which is by the aforesaid Iohn Methole above alleged Cease of Process as to one and his Bayl by death Exigent against one who makes default after Issue which Thomas Croswell who prosecutes for our Lord the King on that behalf denyeth not It is considered that the process against the aforesaid Thomas Ireland and his pledges aforesaid on that behalf should cease c. And that the Manucaptors of the aforesaid Ioan Govor be taken c. And command is given to the Sheriff that he cause to be required the aforesaid Ioan from County to County untill c. she be wayved if not c. And if c. then he take her and her safely c. So that he have her body before our Lord the King from the day of Easter in one month wheresoever c. And upon this for that the aforesaid Thomas Berd the appeal aforesaid against the aforesaid Iohn Govor and others in form aforesaid prosecuteth not Judgement against the Plaintiff by default It is considered that the same Thomas Berd be taken c. And his pledges aforesaid of prosecuting be in mony c. And that the aforesaid Iohn Glovor of c. and others who above appeared as to the Sute of the aforesaid Thomas Berd go without day c. But as to the satisfying of our Lord the King being instantly spoken to in what manner of the premises upon them above put they would acquit themselves they say severally they are not guilty c. Not guilty as to the King And thereof of good or ill severally put themselves upon the Country Therefore the Jury thereupon is to come before our Lord the King in eight dayes of St. Hillary wheresoever c. And who neither c. to Recognize c. because aswell c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid c. Bayl for those that are acquit by default And upon this the aforesaid Iohn Govor and others are delivered unto Bayl unto William Trigo and three other Manucaptors untill the aforesaid Term c. And so from day to day untill c. At which day before our Lord the King at Westminster came the aforesaid Iohn Govor Venirefacias and others in their proper persons and the Sheriff returns the names of 24. Jurors whereof none c. Distringas Jur ' Therefore command is given to the Sheriff that he should not omit c. but destroy c. by all the Lands And that of the issues c. And that he have the bodies of them before our Lord the King from the day of Easter in fifteen dayes wheresoever Ni. pri c. or before the beloved and faithfull of our Lord the King R. N. Knight chief Justice of our Lord the King of his Bench if before on Thursday next after c. at c. by form of the Statute c. come to make the Jury aforesaid c. The same day is given to the aforesaid Iohn Govor and others c. Continuance of the Jurat ' And the Process thereupon continued by the Jury thereupon put It is put in respite before our Lord the King untill from the day c. Unless the Iustices of our Lord the King at the Assizes c. first such a day c. at c. by the form of the Statute c. comes for default of Jurors c. At which said fifteen dayes from the day of Easter before our Lord the King at Westminster came the aforesaid Iohn Govor and others c. in their proper persons And the aforesaid Iustices at the Assizes c. before whom c. sent the Record c. in those words afterwards the day and place within conteined before c. came the aforesaid Iohn Govor c. in their proper persons and the Iurors c. being called in like manner came And upon this Proclamation being made as the manner as if any for the Lord the King could enform the Jurors of the Jury whereof within is made mention of the within-contained he should come and he should be heard But none appeared to do this Whereupon it was proceeded into the taking of the Jury aforesaid by the oath of the twelve who to speak to the truth of the within-contained being chosen Verdict for the Defendants tryed and sworn say upon their oaths that the aforesaid Iohn Govor and others c. are in nothing guilty of the Robbery of the within written Thomas Berd as the aforesaid Iohn Govor c. within by pleading have alleged nor upon that occasion ever withdrew themselves nor any of them ever withdrew himself and they Assess the Damages of each the aforesaid Iohn Govor c. having respect aswell to the Imprisonment
that he had him now here ready upon which the same Defendant is Committed to the Prison c. by occasion of the Premisses to stay untill c. Commitment after Iudgement AFterwards to wit such a day then next following before c. Came the aforesaid I. in his proper person and rendred himself to the person of the Marshall of the Marshallsee of our Lord the King for the debt and damages aforesaid Upon which the same I. is committed to the Marshall of the Marshalsee c. in Execution for the debt and damages aforesaid There to remain untill c. ACTIONS OF ERROR ERROR AFterwards to wit such a day c. Error alleged in assault and batterie in the judgement that the Entrie was that the partie be taken when the cause of action was before a general Pardon in this self-same Term before our Lady the Queen at Westminster came the aforesaid Nicholas Stoddard by William Man his Attorney And sayes that in the Record and Processe aforesaid as also in the rendring of the judgement aforesaid it is manifestly Erroneous in this That whereas in every judgement Entred or to be Entred in Trespass and Assault after the generall pardon of our Lady the Queen that now is by Act of Parliament of Trespass and assault made before the same act of Parliament the judgements so Entred and to be Entred ought to be Entred And nothing of fine of the aforesaid Defendant because he is pardoned and not that he should be taken yet after the generall Pardon of our Lady the Queen that now is had and Enacted in the Parliament of our Lady the Queen that now is at Westminster in the County of Middlesex the twenty fifth day of October in the thirty ninth year of the Reign of our Lady the Queen that now is the Judgement aforesaid was Entred against the aforesaid Nicholas in the Plea aforesaid that he the said Nicholas should be taken for the Trespass and Assault aforesaid made the aforesaid tenth day of September in the thirty seventh year aforesaid in the Record aforesaid specified which was long before the aforesaid act of Parliament of the generall Pardon aforesaid And so that Judgement is void in Law Also it is Erronious in this for that whereas the aforesaid John S. the aforesaid Term of Easter Error also for want of admission by Procâ—â—in amy the partie being within age in the aforesaid forty first year of the Reign of the Queen had prosecuted by John Mallows and William Evoring as the next kinsmen of him the said John yet there is not had any Record of the admission of the aforesaid I. S. being an Infant in form aforesaid to prosecute the Plea aforesaid by his next kinsmen aforesaid under the names of any of the Prothonotaries of the Common Bench Entred as by the Law and Custom of the Court of our Lady the Queen of Common Bench aforesaid it ought to be Entred And prayes a Writ of our Lady the Queen to the aforesaid Edmond Anderson Knight Chief Justice of our Lady the Queen of the Common to whom it belongs to make Certificates in that behalf to certifie our Lady the Queen thereupon more fully the truth And it is granted unto him c. By which it is Commanded the aforesaid E. Anderson Chief Justice of the Bench aforesaid That having searched the Rolls Certiorare to the Chief Justice awarded to certifie c. under the names in the Offices of the Prothonotaries aforesaid of the admission of Infants to prosecute by their next kinsmen of the Term and year aforesaid And what of the admission aforesaid in the same he shall find he should certifie forthwith to our Lady the Queen wheresoever c. together with the Writ to him directed The Certificate of the Chief Justice c. Which said Chief Iustice of our Lady the Queen of the Bench aforesaid by vertue of the Writ aforesaid to him thereupon directed certified to her the said Lady the Queen that having searched the Rolls of the Entries of every of the Prothonotaries aforesaid in the aforesaid County of Suffolk of the Term and year aforesaid in his Custody of Record remaining he found not in the same any Entrie of the admission of the aforesaid I. S. to prosecute by I. M. and W. E. the next kinsmen of him the said I. being within age against the aforesaid N. S. of the aforesaid Plea as by the aforesaid Writ it was Commanded unto him which said Writ is Filed amongst the Records without day of this Term Upon which the aforesaid N. S. prayes a Writ of our Lady the Queen to warn the aforesaid I. S. of being before our Lady the Queen to hear the Record and Processe aforesaid And it is granted unto him c. By which it is Commanded to the Sheriff that by honest men c. he make known to the aforesaid I. S. that he be before our Lady the Queen from the day of Easter in fifteen dayes wheresoever c. to hear the Record and Processe aforesaid if c. And further c. The same day is given to the aforesaid N. S. c. Denâ—rrer in Law to the first matter of the Errors And the aforesaid I. S. by T. Bland his Attorney comes and as to the aforesaid first matter by the aforesaid Nicholas above for Error in form aforesaid assigned For that that after the Generall Pardon of our said Lady the Queen that now is had and enacted in the aforesaid Parliament of our Lady the Queen that now is at Westminster aforesaid the aforesaid twenty fifth day of October in the thirty ninth year of her Reign aforesaid the judgement aforesaid was entred against the aforesaid N. in the Plea aforesaid that he the same N. should be taken for the Trespass and Assault aforesaid made the aforesaid tenth day of September in the thirty seventh year aforesaid which was long before the aforesaid Act of Parliament of Generall pardon aforesaid The same I. by Protestation that that matter for that Error in form aforesaid assigned is insufficient in the Law to maintain the aforesaid Writ of Error of him the said N. in that behalfe To the which he the said I. hath no necessitie nor by the Law of the Land is bound in any manner to rejoyn for Plea yet he saith that in the aforesaid Court of Bench aforesaid there is had The Custom of the Common Bench alleged for the manner of Entring judgment in the Case and time out of mind there hath been had such a Custom used and approved That is to say that the Clerks of the same Court who for the time being are assigned and allowed to enter and Record any Iudgements in the same Court from time to time rendred and to be rendred were used and accustomed in the Entries of the Rolls and Records of the same Court of the Judgements rendred in the same Court upon any action of Trespass against the Defendant
the judgement in the same Record was rendred that he should be taken as if it were entred in the same Record within And nothing of Fine of that party because he is pardoned as the aforesaid I.S. by his Plea aforesaid above hath alleged And further the aforesaid chief Justice of our Lady the Queen of her Bench aforesaid by vertue of the aforesaid Writ of our Lady the Queen further certifies that having serched the Rolls of Robert Berners Phillizer of the County of S. of the Term of Easter in the 41. year of the Reign of our Lady the Queen that now is he finds as within in these words appears That is say Pleas at Westminster before Edmund Anderson Knight and his fellows Justices of our Lady the Queen of her Bench here of the Term of Easter in the Reign of our Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God c. the 41. Roll 386. The Entry of the Warrant of admission with the Phillizer ss IOhn Mallows and W. E. are admitted by the Court of our Lady the Queen here to prosecute for I. S. who is within age as the next of Kindred of him the said I. S. against N. S. lately of c. Gentleman of a Plea of Trespass and assault Which said Writ so as aforesaid returned amongst the Records of this Court is filed Upon which the aforesaid I. S. sayes that in the Record and Process aforesaid nor in the rendring of the judgement aforesaid there is nothing erroniouâ— and prayes that the Court of our Lady the Queen here may proceed unto examination aswell of the Record and Process aforesaid as of the matters aforesaid above for errors assigned and that the judgement aforesaid may be affirmed And because the Court of our the Lady the Queen here of their judgement of and in the premises to be rendred are not as yet advised day thereupon is given to the parties aforesaid before our Lady the Queen untill eight dayes of St. Michael wheresoever c. of hearing thereupon their judgement for that the Court of our Lady the Queen here thereupon are not as yet At which day before our Lady the Queen at Westminster came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid and upon this all and singular the premises being by the Court of our Lady the Queen here seen and fully understood and mature deliberation thereupon had for that that it seems to the Court of the Lady the Queen here that aswell the aforesaid Writ of Certiorare to the aforesaid chief Justice of the Common Bench in form aforesaid issued and directed as the aforesaid answer of the same chief Justice of the Bench unto that Writ as now it remains filed upon Record before our Lady the Queen does not sufficiently and fully agree and answer the aforesaid allegation of the aforesaid I. S. as to the aforesaid custom oâ— the said Court of Bench for the entring of an admission of an Inâ—ant to prosecute by his next of Kindred in any his Pleas in the Rolls of the same Court where the Declaration of such infant is entred and enrolled by the aforesaid I. S. above a leged so that the same Court of our Lady the Queen before her the said Queen here for the incertaintie of the truth of such custom of the said Court of Bench in that behalf in form aforesaid alleged to their judgement of and upon the premises aswel on the part of the aforesaid N. S. in deniall as on the part of the aforesaid I. S. in affirmation to the judgement aforesaid above alleged cannot proceed Without more full information of the consciences of the Justices And that the Court of our Lady the Queen here before her the said Queen of the truth of the custom of the said Court of Bench in that behalf above alleged An Alias Cerâ—orare warded Therefore it is commanded the aforesaid chief Justice of the Bench aforesaid that he the full and whole certaintie and truth of the aforesaid custom of the said Court or Bench of the entrie of the admission of Infants to prosecute by their next of Kindred in personall Pleas in the same Court by the aforesaid I. S. above alleged to our Lady the Queen aforesaid from the day of St. Hilary in fifteen dayes wheresoever c. doe certifie together with the Writ thereupon to him directed c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid c. At which day before our Lady the Queen at Westminster aforesaid came the parties aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid And the aforesaid Chief Justice of our Lady the Queen of the Bench aforesaid by vertue of the Writ aforesaid to him thereupon in form aforesaid directed to her the said Lady the Queen at Westminster aforesaid at the same day certified The Return of the Cerâ—â—rare that in the said Court of our Lady the Queen of the Bench is had and from the time out of mind there hath been had such a custom used and approved in the same Court of Bench that every admission of any Infant to prosecute in the same Court of Bench aforesaid by his next of Kindred in any Plea entred and inrolled and to be entred and inrolled have been used and accustomed in the Roll where the Declaration in that Plea is entred and inrolled Which said Writ so as aforesaid returned together with the return thereupon amongst the Records of this Court is filed And upon this the aforesaid I. S. further prayes that the Court of our said Lady the Queen here may proceed to the Examination aswell or the Record and Process aforesaid as of the aforesaid matters above for errors assigned and that the judgement aforesaid may be affirmed and because the Court of our said Lady the Queen here are not as yet advised of and upon the rendring their judgement of and upon the premises day is thereupon further given to the parties aforesaid before our Lady the Queen Mich. Term 41. 42. Judgement was affirmed in this cause Roll. 417. untill from the day of Easter in fiftteen dayes wheresoever c. of hearing thereupon their judgement For that the Court of our said Lady the Queen here thereupon as yet have not c. ss AFterwards to wit on Saturday the 9. The affirmation of a judgment upon a Wâ—t of Error out of the Kings Bâ—â—ch into the Exchequer Chamber day of February in the 2. year of the Reign of our Lord the King that now is The transcript of the Record and Process aforesaid between the parties aforesaid with all things touching them by reason of a certain Writ of our Lord the King of correcting error by them the said Thomas Scot Elizabeth and Thomas Forn of and upon the premises prosecuted before the Iustices of our said Lord the King of his Common Bench and the Barons of the Exchequer of our said Lord the King in the Exchequer Chamber aforesaid according to the form of the Statute in the Parliament of the
thereupon c. Declaration upon an Escape made by the Sheriff Surrey ss A. B. Complaineth of C.D. Esquire late Sheriff of the County of E. in the Custody of the Marshall c. of a Plea that he render unto him 101. pounds of lawfull money of England In the like manner the Plaintiff declares in debt upon Judgement which unto him he oweth and unjustly detaineth for that that is to say that whereas the said A. formerly that is to say in the Term of St. Michael in the 28. and 29. years of the Reign of E. now Queen of England at VVestminster in the County of Middlesex before her the said Queen at VV. by F.G. his Attorney came and brought then there in the said Court his certain Bill against H.I. in the Custody of the Marshall c. of a Plea of Debt Declaration in Debt upon Obligation And there were Pledges to that Bill that is to say I. Doo and R. Roo which said Bill so by him brought followeth in these words ss London ss A.B. otherwise A.B. of c. complaineth of H.I. of c. otherwise called c. in the Custody of the Marshall of the Marshalsey c. of a Plea that he render unto him one hundred pounds of lawfull c. which to him he oweth and unjustly deteyneth for that namely that whereas the said H. the 20th day of M. in the said 28. eight year of the reign of the said E. now Queen of England at L. that is to say in the Parish of the blessed Mary of the Arches c. by his certain Writing Obligatory with his Seal c. and unto the Court c. whose Date c. to be paid c. and so repeat the whole Declaration untill And thereupon then he brought his Sute c. Afterwards that is to say Tuesday next after eight dayes of St. Hillary The Importance from thence forth next following untill which day the said H. had Licence to impart to the said Bill and then to answer c. before the said Queen at VVestminster came the said A. by his said Attorney Saith nothing in Debt And the said H. although solemnly called came not nor any for the said H. said any thing in barre or preclusion of the Action of the said A. by which the said A. then remained thereupon against him undefended Judgement upon saith nothing in Debt And that then in the same Court it was considered that the said A. should recover against the said H. his said Debt and also 20. shillings for his Damages which he had susteyned aswell by occasion of the deteining of that Debt as for his Charges and Costs by him about his Sute in that behalf put to And that the said H. should be in mercy c. as by Record thereof in Court of the said Queen here remaining more fully appeareth And afterwards that is to say the fifth day of July in the 29th year of the Reign of the said Queen for that the said H. the said Debt and Damages unto him the said A. had not paid the said A. sued forth out of the Court of the said Queen here at Westminster aforesaid a certain Writ of the said Queen to take the said H. to satisfie him the said A. of and for the said Debt and Damages directed to the said Sheriff of the County of E. and retornable before the said Queen at Westminster in the County of Middlesex Monday next after three weeks of St. Michael from thenceforth next following which said Writ the said A. afterwards and before the retorn of the same that is to say the tenth day of S. then next following at Westminster aforesaid delivered to the said C.D. the Sheriff of the said County of E. then being in form of Law to be executed by pretence of which said Writ the said C. afterwards that is to say the 13th day of October in the 29th year abovesaid at K. in the County of E. aforesaid took and arrested the said H. and him so arrested did lead to the prison of her the said Queens Gaol of E. called E. Gaol within the Town of E. in the said County of E. in his Custody and the same H. in the Prison of her the said Queens Gaol of E. aforesaid in the said County of E. in his Custody had in Execution of and for the said Debt and Damages untill the Tenth day of November in the 29th year abovesaid and him the said H. so in Execution for the said Debt and Damages under the Custody of the said C. then Sheriff of the said County of E. being the same C. afterwards that is to say the same Tenth day of November in the 29th year abovesaid at Southwark in the County of Surrey aforesaid the same H. without leave and against the will of him the said A. out of the Custody of him the said A. suffered to escape and to go at large whither he would the said A. for the said Debt and Damages or any penny thereof then being altogether unsatisfied by which an Action did accrew unto the said A. to require and have of the said C. the said 101. pounds Notwithstanding the said C. although often required c. the said 101. pounds unto the said A. hath not as yet paid but the same to him hitherto hath altogether denyed to pay and as yet doth deny to the Damage of him c. Protestation he did not suffer to go at large And the said C. by N.O. his Attorney commeth and defendeth the force and Injury when c. because protesting that the said C. did not take and arrest him the said H. by virtue of the said Writ as the said A. above against him Complaineth for Plea the said C. saith that he the said C. did not suffer the said H. to escape and to goe at large whither he would in manner and form as the said A. before against him declared And of this c. And the said c. therefore c. Declaration upon Accompt after Auditors assigned when the Defendant is found in arrears ss T. S. Complaineth of A.B. in the Custody of the said Marshall c. of a Plea that he render unto him 6. pounds of good and lawfull money c. which c. for that to wit whereas the said A. B. such a day and year at c. with the aforesaid T. before I. and F. Auditors assigned by the said T. to hear the Accompt of him the said A.B. had accompted concerning divers sums of money of his the said T. by the aforesaid A. to the Accompt of the said T. when he was thereunto required before that time received and upon that Accompt the said A. was found in arrerages towards him the said T. in the aforesaid 6. pounds by which an Action did accrew unto the said T. to require and have of the said A. the aforesaid six pounds the said A. notwithstanding although often c.
before himself now complaineth was done are and at the said time of that Trespass done were aswell the said place called the Dens in G. aforesaid as the said other place called the East Heath with the descending of the Cliff in G. aforesaid whereupon from which they the said R. and W. to the said Trespass in the said place called the East Heath with the descending of the Cliff before of new Assigned to be done doe not answer prayeth Judgement and his Damages by occasion of that Trespass to be adjudgâ—d unto him c. And as to the said Plea of the said R. B. before pleaded the same E. saith that he by any matter in the said Plea before alleged from his said Action against the said R. had ought not to be precluded because he saith that he himself at the time of the said Trespass done was seised in his Demesn as of Fee of and in the Mannor of G. in C. aforesaid whereof the said place called the Dens to the said time in which c. was parcell untill the said R. together c. the day and year aforesaid in the said Declaration before specified the Close of him the said E. aforesaid at G. aforesaid in the said place called the Dens within the said bounds and limits did break and his Grass to the value c. there late growing with his said Cattle by the time aforesaid was eaten up trodden down and consumed in what manner and form the same E. before against him complaineth Without this Without this that the said W. C. and all those whose Estate he hath in the said three Messuages and 16. Acres of Land in the Bar of the said R. before specified from the time of the contrary of which the memory of Man doth not remain had and accustomed to have common of pasture of and in the said place called the Dens in G. aforesaid within the bounds and limits aforesaid with all and all manner of his Cattle and living Creatures whatsoever in all time of the year as the said R. before in the said Bar hath alleged And this he is ready c. whereupon from what the said R. the said Trespass in the said place called the Dens done in G. aforesaid afore hath acknowledged prayeth Judgement and his Damages by occasion of that Trespass to be adjudged unto him c. And as to the said Plea of the said W. C. before pleaded the said E. saith that he by any matter in the same Plea before alleged The Plaintiff to the Plea of the other Defendant pleadeth as to the Plea of the first from his said Action against the said W. had ought not to be precluded because he saith that he himself at the said time of the said Trespass done was seised in his Demesn as of Fee of and in the said Mannor of G. whereof the said place called the D. is and at the said time in which c. was parcell untill the said W. C. together with c. the day and year aforesaid in the said Declaration before specified the Close of him the said E. aforesaid Without this at G. aforesaid c. as before Without this that the said W. C. and all those whose Estate he hath in the said two Messuages and two Acres of Land with the appurtenances from the time c. as before And this he is ready to prove whereupon from what c. as before One of the Defendants to the trespass of the new Assignment pleadeth not guilty to the other Plea maintaineth as before and Issue upon that And the said R. B. as to any Trespass in the said place called the East Heath with the descending of the Cliffin G. aforesaid of new Assignment made supposed to be done saith that he in nothing is thereof guilty And of this he puts himself c. And the said E. likewise c. And as to the said Plea of the said E. before in replying pleaded the said R. as before saith that he and all those whose estate he hath in the said 3. Messuages and 16. Acres of Land with the appurtenances from the time of which c. had and accustomed to have Common of Pasture of and in the said place called the Dens in G. aforesaid within the said bounds and limits with all and all manner of his Cattle and living Creatures whatsoever in all time of the year as the said R. before in his said Bar hath alleged And of this he putteth himself upon the Country And the said E. likewise c. And the said W.C. as to any Trespass in the said place called the East Heath with the descending of the Cliff in G. aforesaid of new Assignment supposed to be done saith that he in nothing is thereof guilty And of this putteth himself upon the Country and the said E. likewise c. And as to the said Plea of the said W. C. afore to the replying pleaded as before saith that he and all those whose Estate he hath in the said two Messuages and two Acres of Pasture with the appurtenances from the time of which c. had and accustomed to have Common of Pasture of and in the said place called the Dens in G. aforesaid within the bounds and limits aforesaid with all and all manner of his Cattle and living Creatures whatsoever in all time of the year as the said W. before in his said Bar hath alleged And of this putteth himself upon the Country and the said E. likewise therefore as well as to the trying of that Issue as the said c. Middles Declaration in trespass for taking and leading away of a horse Hill 22. H. 8. Roll 26. ss I. W. complaineth of R. W. in the custody of the Marshall c. of that that he in the Feast of St. Margaret the Virgin in the 21. year of the Reign of King Henry the 8. with force and Arms that is to say with Staves c. one Gelding of Colour black Gray of him the said I. of the price of 5. marks at W. in the County aforesaid found took and lead away And other Wrongs Defendant pleads that before the time of the trespas c. he was possessed of the horse c as of his proper horse and that certain Malefactors took the said horse out of his possession and it came to the hands of the Plaintif out of whose possession the Defendant took the horse as his own horse and so justifies c. to the Damage c. 10. marks And thereupon he bringeth his Suit c. And the said R. by W.T. his Attorney cometh and defendeth the force and wrong when c. And as to the comming with force c. or whatsoever thing c. Not guilty And as to the residue of the Trespass no Action c. because he saith that before the said time of the said Trespass supposed to be done the same R. was of the said Horse as of his
to say the first day of August in the first year of the Reign of the said now King Edward the sixth at Alhallowes aforesaid demised the moiety of the said Tenements with the appurtenances unto the said John Wood to have and to hold the same moiety of the said Tenements with the appurtenances unto the said J.W. and his Executors from the said first day of August untill the end and tearm and for the Tearm of twelve yeares from thence forth next ensuing and fully to be compleated by vertue of which said demise the said J.W. into the moiety of the said Tenements with the appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed untill the said S. him the said J. W of the moiety of those Tenements with the appurtenances thrust out and the said A. B. of the same unjustly and without judgement disseised upon the possession of which said S. thereupon the said J. Wood before the said time of the said Trespasse done claiming his said tearm of and in the same into those Tenements with the appurtenances entred and was thereof possessed by virtue of the said Demise untill the said S. afterwards that is to say at the said time of the said Trespasse done the said Close did break Without this and the said Cattell then and there did take and the same in form aforesaid impounded in manner and form as the same J. Wood before against him himselfe complaineth without this that the said R S. was seized of the said whole tenements with the appurtenances in manner and form as the said S. above in his said Barr hath alleadged and this c. whereupon from which the same S. the said trespasse before acknowledging prayeth judgement and his damages by occasion of that trespasse to be adjudged unto him c. ANd the said S. as before saith that the said R.W. was seized of the said whole tenements with the appurtenances in manner and form as the same S. before in pleading hath alledged and of this he putteth himself upon the Country c. Justification of Trespasse for Lands in Gavel-kinde AND the said G. W. by R.H. his Attorney cometh and defendeth the force and wrong when Kent Justification in Trespasse for that that the Tenements were of nature of Gavel-kind in the County of Kent c. and as to the coming with force and armes c. not guilty and as to the residue of the said Trespass before supposed to be done the same G. saith that the said E. and A. no action because he saith that the said Close called R. otherwise B. doth contain and at the said time of the said Trespasse before supposed to be done did contain eighteen acres of land and wood with the appurtenances of which said Tenements with the appurtenances long before the said time in which c. one E.W. the Elder Grand-Father of the said G.W. the now defendant was seized in his demesne as of fee and him the said G.W. the grand-father of those Tenements with the appurtenances so being seized the same G.W. the Grand-Father before the said time in which c. died thereof by protestation seized after th death of whichsaid G.W. the G-F those Tenements w th the appurtenances for that they are of the tenure and nature of gavelkind in the said county and that all Lands and tenements of the same Tenure and nature in the same county from the time the contrary of which memory c. were parted and partable between the heirs males did discend to T W. as Son and Co-heir of the said G. the Grand Father and unto the aforesaid G. the now Defendant and R.W. his Brother and Margery Bedell as Kinne and Co-heir aforesaid of the said G. W. their Grand-Father that is to say unto the aforesaid G. the now Defendants and to the said R. his Brother as Sonnes and heirs of one R.W. one of the Sons and Co-heirs of the said G. W. the elder and unto the aforesaid T.W. as another of the sons and Co-heirs of the said G. the said G.W. the now Defendants Grand-Father and unto the said Margery as the Son of A. another of the Sons and Co-heirs of the same G.VV. the Grand-Father Discent By vertue of which the said G.VV. the now Defendant and the said R. VV. his Brother into the said Tenements with the appurtenances before the said time in which c. entred and were and as yet do thereof remain thereof seized in their demesne as of Fee and the same Tenements with the appurtenances do hold In common and undivided and at the time of the said Trespasse supposed to be done and at the day of the filing of the said Bill that is to say the tenth day of October in the sixth year of the Reign of the said now King held in common and undivided with the said Edward and Alice who the pur-party of the said Margery of and in the said Tenements do hold from the said Day of filing of the said Bill they have holden for tearm of years then during from the demise of the said Margery and one John Bedell her husband And this c. Whereupon he prayeth Judgment if an Action c. NOt to be precluded because he saith Plaintiff saith that the said G.W. the Grand-Father infeossed one A.W. his Sonne which said A. had issuee Margery W. and dyed unto which said Margery the Tenements discended in the right of an heir and the same Margery tooke to husband one J.B. and the said J.B. and M. demised the Tesements unto S.S. and A. his wife now one of the Defendants and afterwards the same S.S. dyed and the same A took to husbanb the said E. now one of the plaintiffs by vertue of which said demise they the said E. entred that well and true it is that the said G.VV. the Grand-Father in the said Barr before named was seized of the said Tenements with the appurtenances in his demesne as of Fee in manner and form as the said G. the now Df. before in pleading hath alleadged and that the same G.VV. the Grand-Father so thereof being seized before the said time of the said trespas done of the said tenements with the appurtenances infeoffed the said A.VV. his Son to have the same Tenements with the appurtenances unto the same A. and his heirs for ever by vertue of which said Feoffment the same A.VV. was seized of the said Tenements with the appurtenances in his Demesne as of Fee and him the said A. of the said Tenements with the appurtenances so being seized the same A. of those Tenements with the appurtenances died seized after the death of which said A. the said Tenements with the appurtenances discended unto Margery VVallis Daughter and heir of the same A. by vertue of which the same M. into the said Tenements with the appurtenances long before the said time of the said trespas done entred and was thereof seized in her demesne as of fee and she the said
alleadged And this c. Whereupon for that the same VV. and T.C. the taking of the Oxe aforesaid above acknowledge they pray judgement and their damages upon that occasion to be adjudged unto them c. Issue upon the Herriot custome AND the aforesaid W. and T. say that the aforesaid Bishop and all his Ancestors and all they whose estates he the said Bishop hath in the Mannor aforesaid with the Appurtenances hath had and from the whole time aforesaid were used and accustomed to have of all and all manner of Tenants of every Tenant of the Mannor aforesaid who held Lands or Tenements from the Lord of the Mannor c. as of the same Mannor and doe alien those lands and Tenement or any parcel thereof to any person or persons in Fee Notice thereof in the life time of him who shall so sell those Lands or Tenements by them or by him to which or to whom those Tenements shall be sold to the Lord of the same Mannor for the time being not being given and made after the death of such Tenant so alienating the best living beast which was his the said Tenant so alienating at the time of his death in the name of a customary Herriot as the same W. and T. above have alleadged And of this they put themselves upon the Country c. AND the aforesaid R.J. A.E. J.C. and R.L. by R. G. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury Some of the Defendants plead not guilty and others justifie for that the place in which c. is the Kings highway Trin. 16. Hen. 7. Rol. 35. whom c. And the aforesaid R.I. A.E. and R. say that they are in nothing guilty c. And of this c. And the aforesaid Plaintiffe in like manner c. And the aforesaid J.C. as to the comming with force and Armes c. as also the whole trespasse aforesaid besides the breaking of the Close aforesaid saith that he is in nothing guilty c. And as to the Trespasse aforesaid of breaking the Close aforesaid supposed to be done the same I.C. saies that the aforesaid Plaintiffe ought not to have his action aforesaid against him because he sayes that the place in which the Trespasse aforesaid is supposed to be made is and at the time wherein c. was seven Acres of Land called Otefield-brook with the Appurtenances in W. aforesaid whereof the said I. C. at the time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made and long before the said time was seized in his Demesne as of Fee Over which said seven Acres of Land with the Appurtenances is and from time out of minde was the Kings common high-way tending and leading from the Kings way there called the Ashford high-way unto the Village of Adelsford in the County aforesaid containing in breadth eight foot that is to say as well for horsemen as for foot-men there by the same way willing to ride or journey And further he the same I.C. saies that he the aforesaid time wherein c. did ride and travell from the aforesaid Kings way called Ashford high-way unto the village of A. aforesaid over the aforesaid seven Acres of Land using that high-way of the Kings there as it was lawfull for him to do which said riding by that high-way of the Kings over the aforesaid seven Acres of land is the same breach of the Close whereof the aforesaid I. C. above complaines c. And this c. whereupon he prayes judgement whether the action c. And the aforesaid Plaintiffe sayes that he ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against the aforesaid I. C. because hee saith that the foresaid I. C. together with c. the day and yeer aforesaid by Force and Armes aforesaid of his proper injury the Close aforesaid in the aforesaid seven Acres of land did breake and also his grasse upon the same seven Acres of Land then growing with the cattell aforesaid did eat up tread down and consume in manner and forme as the same I. C. above now complaineth VVithout that that there is The Traverse or from the aforesaid time out of minde c. there was a common Kings high way tending and leading from the Kings high-way there called Ashford high-way unto the village of Adelsford as well for horsemen as for footmen over the aforesaid seven Acres of Land in manner and forme as the aforesaid I. C. above by pleading hath alleadged And this c. VVhereupon for that the same I. C. the Trespasse aforesaid of breaking the Close aforesaid above acknowledgeth he prayes judgement and his damages by that occasion to be adjudged unto him c. AND the aforesaid I.C. as formerly saith that there is Issue upon the Traverse and from the said time out of minde c. there was a common Kings high-way tending and leading from the aforesaid high-way called Adelsford high-way unto the village of Adelsford aforesaid as well for horse-men as for footmen over the aforesaid seven acres of Land with the appurtenances in manner and forme as the aforesaid I. C. above by pleading hath alleadged And of this hee puts himselfe upon the Country and the aforesaid Plaintiffe in like manner c. The Defendants plead that a stranger was seized c. And Enfeoffed certaine c. And justifie the Trespasse as servants to the Feoffees Paschae 19. Hen. 7. Rol. 60. AND the aforesaid T. and VV.B. by T.S. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. And as to the coming by force and armes or whatsoever c. not guilty And as to the residue of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be done the same T.A. and VV. say that the aforesaid T.R. ought not to have his action aforesaid against them because they say that the place in which the Trespasse aforesaid is supposed to be done is and the aforesaid time wherein c. was one Garden three Crofts of Land containing twelve acres of Land and one Pagholl in L. aforesaid whereof one E.B. long before the said time wherein c. was seized in his demesne as of Fee And so being thereof seized by his certaine Deed indented long before the said time enfeoffed F.A. and I.R. to have and to hold to them and their heires for ever By vertue of which said Feoffement they the said R. and I. long before the aforesaid time Colour by Feoffement wherein c. were thereof seized in their demesne as of Fee And the aforesaid T.R. claiming the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances by colour of of a certaine demise to him thereupon made for terme of his life by the aforesaid Edmond long before the aforesaid Feoffement to them the said F. and I. made where nothing of the aforesaid Tenements with the appurtenances into the possession of him the said T.B. by that Deed ever passed into the same Tenements with the appurtenances long before the said time of the
debarred from having his action aforesaid against them AND the aforesaid E. G. as formerly saith Issue upon the Traverse that within the Parish c. and so word for word as in the Traverse before untill as he the same E.G. above by pleading hath alleadged And this he prayes may be enquired of by the country c. Aid Prior after issue made And upon this the aforesaid R. P. sayes that he that Averment aforesaid above pretended without the aforesaid Prior cannot make good or maintaine And prayes aid of him the said Prior And he that c. Therefore the same Prior is to bee summoned by good Summons c. that he be before our Lord the King from the day of St. Michael in fifteen dayes wheresoever c. to joyne himselfe in aid unto the aforesaid R.P. and to make good and maintaine the issue aforesaid with the aforesaid A. and W. if he will And as to the trying of the issue aforesaid above between the parties aforesaid joyned Issue and the Ve. fac The Jury are thereupon to come before our Lord the King at the aforesaid Terme And who neither c. to Recognise c. Because as well c. The same day is given to the parties aforesaid here c. Middlesex AND the aforesaid J.L. by W.L. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. The Defendant pleaded the goods taken as a pawne for mony lent c. And as to the coming by force and armes he saith he is in nothing thereof guilty And as to the residue of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be done the same I. sayes that the aforesaid Plaintiff ought not to have his action c. because he saith that the same S. long before the said time wherein c. was indebted unto him the said I. in 46 s. and 8 d. for divers sums of mony by him the said S. of the aforesaid I. formerly borrowed And afterwards and long before the said time the same S. by one A. his wife delivered to the aforesaid I. the aforesaid goods and chattels as a pawne for the aforesaid 46 s. and 8 d. to be held to him the said I. in pledge untill the said S. to the aforesaid l. the same 46 s. and 8 d. had paid And the same I. in fact saith that the aforesaid S. hath not as yet paid to him the said I. the aforesaid 46 s. and 8 d. Which is the same Trespasse and taking and carrying away the aforesaid goods and chattels whereof the aforesaid S. above now complaines And this c. Whereupon he prayes judgement whether the Action c. AND the aforesaid S. sayes that he by any thing before alleadged The Plaintiffe replied that he took them injuria sua propria without such a cause ought not to be debarred from having his Action aforesaid because he saith that the aforesaid I. as of his proper injury and without such a cause above by him the said I. alleadged the day and yeare aforesaid the aforesaid goods and chattels at St. John street aforesaid found hee took and carried away as the same S. by his Bill aforesaid above supposeth And this he prayeth may be enquired of by the Country And the aforesaid I. in like manner Therefore the Jury is to come before our Lord the King c. Justification in Trespasse for taking Cattel as a stray AND the aforesaid R. by T.B. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. And as to the coming by force and armes and also the whole Trespasse aforesaid besides the taking and leading away of two horses of the aforesaid three horses the same R. sayes that he is in nothing guilty c. And as to the taking and leading away of two of those horses the same R. sayes that the aforesaid T. Poultrey ought not to have his action aforesaid against him because hee saith that the place in which the Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be done is and the said time wherein c. was eight acres of Meadow in Shouley aforesaid called Salmons Meade parcel of the Mannor of S. otherwise C. within which said Mannor the same R. and all his antecessours whose heire he is And all others whose estate hee the said R. now hath in the said Mannor have had view of Franke Pledge Wayfes and Strayes within the same Mannor from time out of minde And the same R. sayes that the aforesaid two horses before the said time wherein c. came within the Mannor of S. aforesaid and there remained before the said time wherein c. by the space of one yeare and one day as Strayes And the aforesaid R. made publicke Proclamation in the Market of the Village of St. Albans and in divers Churches and Markets being neer there according to the laudable custome of that Country used And none came to claime the property of the said two horses within the aforesaid one year and one day By which the same R. in the aforesaid eight acres of Meadow seized and took the aforesaid two horses as his proper goods and chattels Traverse the place of taking Without that that the same R. took those two horses within the Precinct of the aforesaid Mannor of Shouley Berry in manner and form as the aforesaid T. above against him complaineth And this c. Whereupon he prayes judgement whether the aforesaid T. ought to have his action aforesaid against him c. Issue upon the traverse AND the aforesaid T. sayes that he by any thing before c. ought not to be debarred c. Because he saith that the aforesaid R. took the aforesaid two horses within the Precinct of the aforesaid Mannor of S. M. in manner and forme as the same T. above against him complaineth And this he prayes may be enquired of by the Country And the aforesaid I. in like manner Therefore the Jury is to come before our Lord the King c. AND the aforesaid A by G. T. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. And sayes The Defendant pleads the property of the horse in a stranger who in publick Market fals to the Defendant that the aforesaid C. ought not to have his action aforesaid against him because hee saith that before the property of the horse aforesaid was the aforesaid C. the property of the same horse did belong unto one B. And sayes that the Towne of Dorton is and from the time out of minde was an ancient Burrough within which said Burrough there hath been and from the whole time aforesaid was had a certaine Market on each Thursday weekly And sayes that the aforesaid B. of the aforesaid horse as of his proper horse being possessed long before the time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be done that is to say such a day and year at D. aforesaid in full Market there for 6 l. to the aforesaid B. in hand
acre of Land with the appurtenances in his demesne as of Fee in right of his Vicaridge aforesaid And being so thereof seized before the same time of the Trespasse aforesaid made to wit the first day of June in the 33 yeare of the Reigne of our Lord the King that now is at E. aforesaid in the County aforesaid demised the same Tenements with the appurtenances to him the said Plaintiffe To have and to occupy to him the said Plaintiffe and his assignes from the feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist then next following untill the feast of St. Michael the Arch-angel in the 35 yeare of the Reigne of our Lord the King that now is By vertue of which demise hee the said Plaintiffe of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances was possessed untill the aforesaid Defendants the day and yeare aforesaid in the Declaration aforesaid above specified by force and armes c. the close and house of him the said Plaintiffe at E. aforesaid they did break against the peace of our Lord the King that now is as he above against them complaineth And this c. Wherefore for that the aforesaid Defendants the breaking of the close and house aforesaid above acknowledgeth he prayes judgement and his damages by occasion of that Trespasse to be adjudged unto him c. The Defendants maintain their plea and traverse their Dâ—mise AND the aforesaid Defendants as formerly say that the aforesaid I.R. was seized of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances in his demesne as of Fee in right of his Vicaridge aforesaid as they above have alleadged Without that that the aforesaid I.R. demised the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances to the aforesaid Plaintiffes as the same Plaintiffe above alleadgeth And this c. Whereupon as formerly he prayes judgement and that the aforesaid Plaintiffe may be debarred from having his action aforesaid of the breach of the close and house aforesaid against them c. Issue upon the Traverse AND the aforesaid Plaintiffe as formerly sayes that the aforesaid I. R. demised to him the said Plaintiffe the same Tenements with the appurtenances as he above hath alleadged And this bee prayes may be enquired of by the Country And the aforesaid Defendants in like manner c. Iustification in Trespasse by vertue of a demise made to the Testator who bequeathed the same to his wife AND the aforesaid R.F. by R. M. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. And as to the coming by force and armes and whatsoever c. not guilty c. And as to the residue of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be done the aforesaid R.F. sayes that the aforesaid R.R. and I. ought not to have their action aforesaid against him c. because hee sayes that the close and house aforesaid as also the place in which the trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be done was and the aforesaid time wherein the Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be made were one Messuage and one close of Land containing in it fifteen acres of Land with the appurtenances in S. aforesaid whereof before the said time wherein c. one I. A. Esq was seized in his demesne as of Fee And so being thereof seized before the said time wherein c. to wit such a day year and place did demise the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances to one R.W. of c. To have and to hold to him and his Assignes from the feast of St. Michael the Archangel then next following unto the end and terme of forty years from thence next following and fully to be compleat and ended By vertue of which Demise the same R. W. was thereof possessed And so being thereof possessed before the said time wherein c. to wit such a day year and place made his last Will and Testament And by the same willed and declared that Elizabeth his wife immediately after the decease of him the said R. W. should have and enjoy his state terme and interest which he then had to come in the Tenements aforesaid The forme of pleading where the Lease accrued to the husband under the wifes title with the appurtenances And afterwards and before the said time wherein c. the same R.VV. dyed After whose death the aforesaid E. was of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances possessed and so being thereof possessed before the said time wherein c. to wit such a day year and place took to husband him the said R. F. By which he the said R. F. was of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances possessed and the aforesaid Plaintiffes claiming the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances by colour of a certaine Deed of Demise to them thereupon made for terme of their life by the aforesaid I.A. long before the aforesaid Demise by the same I. A. to the aforesaid R. W. thereupon in forme aforesaid made where nothing of these Tenements with the appurtenances into the possession of them the said Plaintiffes by that Deed ever passed into the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances before the said time wherein c. did enter Upon whose the said Plaintiffes possession thereupon the same Defendant afterwards to wit the same time wherein c. into the same Tenements with the appurtenances did re-enter and the grasse aforesaid then there growing which the aforesaid Cattell did eat up tread down and consume and the ground aforesaid in the aforesaid fifteen acres of Land with his ploughes aforesaid he did break up as it was lawfull for him to do And this c. Wherefore he prayes judgement whether the action c. AND the aforesaid Plaintiffe sayes The Plaintiffe pleads that before the domâ—se c. the aforesaid Feoffee enfeoffed the Plaintiffe and others to the use of a stranger that he by any thing before alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against the aforesaid Defendants because he sayes that before the aforesaid time of the Trespass aforesaid made the aforesaid I.A. was seized of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances in his demesne as of Fee and so being thereof seized before the said time wherein c. and before the aforesaid foure and twentieth day of September in the year c. of the same Tenements with the appurtenances enfeoffed them the said Plaintiffes and one R. E. Knight and W. L. to hold to them and their heires for ever to the use of one T. A. son and heir apparent of the aforesaid I. A. and Mary the wife of him the said T.A. and the heires of their bodies of them lawfully begotten By vertue of which said Feoffement they the said Plaintiffes and R. and W. were thereof seized in their demesne as of Fee to the same use And the said Plaintiffes and R. and W. to that use being so thereof seized the aforesaid J.A. the aforesaid foure and twentieth of September in the eighteenth year aforesaid with the appurtenances
to the aforesaid R.W. To have and to hold to him and his assignes from the aforesaid feast of St. Michael the Arch-angel from thence next following unto the end and terme aforesaid By vertue of which demise hee the said R. W. was thereof possessed and so being thereof possessed the aforesaid such a day and year and place made his last Will and Testament in writing and by the same willed and declared that the aforesaid Elizabeth his wife immediatly after his decease should have and enjoy his state terme and interest which he then had to come in the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances and after the same R.VV. dyed after whose death the aforesaid E. into the Tenements aforesaid entred and was thereof possessed and so being thereof possessed afterwards to wit the aforesaid tenth day of M. in such a yeare aforesaid the same E. tooke to husband the aforesaid Defendant By which the same Defendant was of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances possessed as he above hath alleadged and hee being so thereof possessed the aforesaid R.E. and VV.L. before the time wherein c. at London in the Parish c. dyed after whose death the same Plaintiffes before the said time wherein c. into the Tenements aforesaid with their appurtenances did re-enter and were thereof seized in their demesne as of fee to the use aforesaid by right accruing c. And further the same Plaintiffes say that the Trespasse aforesaid whereof they now complaine was made in the Mid-time between the aforesaid Feoffement by the aforesaid I. A. to them the said Plaintiffes and the aforesaid R.E. and VV.L. of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances in forme aforesaid made and the said Re-entry of them the said Defendants in the same and this c. VVhereupon for that the aforesaid Defendants the Trespasse aforesaid in the Tenements aforesaid above acknowledged they the said Plaintiffes pray judgement and their damages by occasion of that Trespasse to bee adjudged unto them c. The Defendant maintaines his Plea and tracurses the Feoffeoment AND the aforesaid Defendant sayes that before the said time wherein the Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be made the aforesaid I. A. was seized of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances in his demesne as of Fee And so being thereof seized before the said time wherein c. to wit the aforesaid three and twentieth day of S. in the aforesaid such a year at S. aforesaid demised the same Tenements with the appurtenances to the aforesaid R.VV. to have and to hold to him the said R.W. and his assignes from the aforesaid feast of St. Michael the Archangel then next following unto the end and terme aforesaid By vertue of which demise he the said R.W. was thereof possessed and so being thereof possessed the aforesaid such a day year and place made his last Will and Testament and by the same willed and declared that the aforesaid Elizabeth his wife immediately after the decease of him the said R.W. should have his whole state terme and interest which he then had to come of and in the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances and afterwards the same R.W. at S. aforesaid dyed after whose death the aforesaid Elizabeth was of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances possessed and so being thereof possessed before the said time wherein c. at S. aforesaid took to husband the same Defendant By which the same Defendant before the said time wherein c. into the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances did enter and was thereof possessed as hee above hath alleadged Without that that the aforesaid I. A. before the aforesaid such a day and year enfeoffed the aforesaid Plaintiffes and others of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances The traverse of the Feoffement To hold to them and their heires for ever to the use of the aforesaid T.A. and M. and the heires of their bodies lawfully begotten as the aforesaid Plaintiffes above have alleadged And this c. VVhereupon he prayes judgement And that the aforesaid Plaintiffes may be debarred from having their action aforesaid against him c. AND the aforesaid Plaintiffes as formerly Issue upon the Traverse say that the aforesaid I.A. before the aforesaid foure and twentieth day of S. in the aforesaid such a yeare enfeoffed them the said Plaintiffes and the aforesaid R.E. and W. of the Tenements aforesaid with the appurtenances to hold to them and their heires to the use of the aforesaid T.A. and M. and the heires of their bodies lawfully begotten as they above have alleadged And this they pray may be enquired of by the Country And the aforesaid Defendants in like manner c. Therefore it is commanded the Sheriffe that he cause to come c. AND the aforesaid T.P. by R. F. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when Iustification in Trespasse for the taking of goods by pretext of gift from the Plaintiffe to the Defendants wife while she was sole c. And as to the coming by force and arms c. not guilty And as to the residue c. the same T. not acknowledging himselfe to have taken and carried away so many goods or chattels nor that the goods or chattels were of so much value as by the Writ and Declaration aforesaid is supposed saith that the aforesaid I. E. ought not to have his action aforesaid against him because he saith that the aforesaid I. before the said time wherein the Trespasse aforesaid is supposed to be made to wit such a yeare and place gave to one A. the wife of the aforesaid T. the goods and chattels aforesaid to hold to him and his assignes for ever By vertue of which said gift the same A. was thereof possessed and afterwards tooke to husband the same Defendant And that the aforesaid A. was possessed of the goods and chattels aforesaid at the time wherein the aforesaid Defendant took her to wife By which the same Defendant the goods and chattels aforesaid as his own proper goods and chattels at the time wherein the Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to bee done at R. there found tooke and carried away as it was lawfull for him to doe And this hee is ready to averre Whereupon hee intendeth not any injury in that behalfe should be assigned to his person c. The Plaintiffe said that the wife of the Defendant while she was sole give backe to him the goods AND the aforesaid Plaintiffe not acknowledging any thing by the aforesaid Defendant before alleadged to be true sayes that he by any thing pre-alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against him c. because he saith that before the aforesaid time wherein c. there was certaine communication had between him the said Plaintiffe and the aforesaid A. of Matrimony between them to be contracted And thereupon the aforesaid A. him the said Plaintiffe treated with such flattering and dissembling
Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be done And the aforesaid Vagabonds perceiving afarre off the coming of him the said C. then being Constable before he could approach unto them they fled away so that the said C. could not arrest them but the aforesaid M. with a certain man to whom unknown in bed there the aforesaid time wherein the Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be done he found lying like a whore at the Parish aforesaid And because the same M. behaved her selfe then and sometimes before so evilly and for that cause very many evill persons and disturbers of the peace of our Lord the King there had often disturbed the Constable and very many of the neighbours there And she the said M. although oftentimes thereupon then and before to desist from the premises by him the said Constable had been required would not reforme or justifie herself thereupon neither by the law of God nor the King by which the same C. then being Constable of our Lord the King and the aforesaid E. with the same C. her husband by his command coming to his help their hands upon the aforesaid M. there so lodging in bed with the aforesaid unknowne man softly laid hand on and took her from that bed and her the said M. as well for her punishment as to the terrour of other the like whores whereas by the consideration and distinction of him the said C. then and there in the Stocks according to the Law of the Land they put and kept by the space aforesaid as it was lawfull for them to doe which said laying on of their hands of them the said C. and E. on the aforesaid M. and the taking out of the bed aforesaid as also the putting into the Stocks of the said M. are the aforesaid assault beating evill handling and imprisonment whereof the aforesaid M. by her bill above against them complaineth And this they are ready to aver whereupon they pray judgement whether the aforesaid M. ought to have or maintaine her action aforesaid in this behalfe against them c. The Plaintiffe replies that it was done of their proper injury without any such cause AND the aforesaid M. sayes that shee by any thing before pre-alledged ought not to be debarred from having her action aforesaid against them the said C. and E. of the aforesaid assault beating evill handling and imprisonment because she saith that the aforesaid C. and E. the day and yeare above written by force and armes aforesaid of their proper injury without such cause by them the said C. and E. above alleadged on her the said M. at the aforesaid Parish of St. Andrews they made an assault and so did wound evill intreat and imprison by the space aforesaid in manner and forme as shee the same M. above against them complaineth And this shee prayes may be enquired of by the Country And the aforesaid C. and E. in like manner c. Iustification of an imprisonment by vertue of the Statute of Vagrants and Vagabonds of Rich. the second the 7. year of his reign Hil. 34. Hen. 8. Rolle 60. AND the aforesaid I.H. in his proper person comes and defends the force and injury when c. And as to the coming by force and armes as also the whole Trespasse aforesaid besides the Imprisonment of the aforesaid R.S. the same I. H. sayes that he is not guilty c. And as to the Imprisonment of the aforesaid R. the same I. H. sayes that the aforesaid R. ought not thereupon to have his action aforesaid against him because he saith that by the Statute of the Lord the King Richard the second late King of England at Westminster in the seventh yeare of his reigne by authority of the same Parliament amongst other things it was Enacted that all and singular Bailiffes of Liberties Constables and other Officers of Villages where Vagrants and Vagabonds frequent should have power diligently to examine them and of compelling them to finde sufficient pledges by sufficient manucaptors for their good behaviours And that if default be made in those Vagrants and Vagabonds and that they cannot finde pledges that then it shall be very lawfull for the aforesaid Bailiffes of Liberties Constables and other Officers of Villages the same Vagrants and Vagabonds to commit to the next Goale of our Lord the King within the County aforesaid where such Vagrants and Vagabonds frequent there to remain til the coming of the Justices of our Lord the King for the Goal Delivery within that County where such Vagrants and Vagabonds are imprisoned and that the same Justices shall doe with these Vagrants and Vagabonds as to them shall seem expedient And the same I. sayes that he at the aforesaid time of the Imprisonment aforesaid above supposed to be made was Bayliffe of our Lord the King of St. Edmonds Bury aforesaid And for that that the same I. the aforesaid time of the imprisonment aforesaid above supposed to be made found the same R. a Vagrant and Vagabond at and within the Village of St. Edmonds Bury frequenting The same I. being then Bayliffe of the Liberty aforesaid according to the forme of the Statute aforesaid the aforesaid R. then and there did diligently examine And as well for that upon the examination of the aforesaid R. it did sufficiently appear to him the said I. the said R. to be a Vagrant and Vagabond as for that that the same R. the same time wherein c. could not finde pledges and sufficient Manucaptors for his good behaviour according to the forme of the Statute aforesaid The same I. as Bayliffe of our Lord the King of the Liberty aforesaid according to the form of that Statute the aforesaid R. the aforesaid time wherein c. to the aforesaid Goale of our Lord the King of St. Edmunds Bury aforesaid he did commit there to remaine untill c. which said Goale is the next Goale of our Lord the King near the aforesaid Village of St. Edmunds Bury aforesaid which is the same Imprisonment of the aforesaid R. whereof the same R. above now complaineth And this he is ready to aver whereupon he prayes judgement whether the aforesaid R. ought to have his action aforesaid in this behalfe against him c. The Plaintiffe sayes that he dwels in the County of W. his Trade there exercising AND the aforesaid R. sayes that he by any thing before alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against the aforesaid I. because he saith that he the aforesaid time of the imprisonment aforesaid above made was dwelling conversant and Inhabiting at W. in the County aforesaid daily exercising the art called a Taylors craft Traverses the being a Vagrant Without that that the same R. the aforesaid time of the Imprisonment aforesaid above made was a Vagrant and Vagabond in manner and forme wherein the same I. in his bar by pleading above hath alleadged And this he is ready to averre whereupon for that
that the aforesaid I. the Imprisonment aforesaid above acknowledgeth he prayes judgement and his damages by occasion of that Imprisonment to be adjudged unto him c. Issue upon the Traverse AND the aforesaid I. as formerly saith that the aforesaid R. the aforesaid time of the imprisonment aforesaid above supposed to be made was a Vagrant and Vagabond as the same I. in his Barre above by pleading hath alleadged And of this he puts himself upon the Country and the aforesaid R. in like manner c. Iustifie imprisonment as by seising of the Ward within age for that the father held of him in Knights service Mich. 50. Hen. 6. Rolle 75. AND the aforesaid R.L. by W. B. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. And as to the comming by force and armes and the wounding aforesaid sayes that he is in nothing thereof guilty c. And as to the residue of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be made sayes that no action c. because he saith that one W.C. was seized of one Messuage and one hundred acres of Land with the appurtenances in H. in the County of L. in his Demesne as of Fee and so being thereof seized the same Messuage and Land with the appurtenances he held of him the said R. as of his Mannor of H. in H. aforesaid in the County of L. by Knights service that is to say by Homage Fealty and Escuage of our Lord the King of 40 s. when it shall happen unto 10 s. and unto more more c. and unto lesse lesse c. And by doing service of suite unto the Court of him the said R. of his Mannor of H. aforesaid two times of the yeare by reasonable warning to him the said W. thereupon made of which said services the same R. was seized by the hands of the aforesaid W. C. as by the hands of his true Tenant and after and before the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be made the same W. dyed of such his Estate of and in the Messuage and Lands aforesaid with the appurtenances seized after whose death the same Messuage and Lands with the appurtenances did discend to the aforesaid H. as to the sonne and heire of the said W. which said H. as yet remaines within the age of one and twenty years By which the same R. after the death of him the said W. at the time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made as the Keeper of him the said H. during his minority by reason of his Tenure aforesaid his hands softly upon the said H. at H. aforesaid he laid and the body of him the said H. by reason of the premise he there seized and took and in his custody by the time aforesaid he kept as it was lawfull for him to do which said seizing and taking of him the said H. and laying hands of him the said H. out of the cause aforesaid and the keeping of him are the same assault beating imprisoning and evill handling whereof the aforesaid H. above now complaineth And this he is ready to aver Whereupon hee prayes jugdement whether the aforesaid H. ought to have his action aforesaid against him c. And the aforesaid H. sayes that he by any thing before by him the said R. pre-alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against him of the assault beating evill handling and imprisonment aforesaid because by protestation that the aforesaid W. did not dye seized of the aforesaid Messuage and Lands for plea he saith that the same W. held six acres of Lands parcell of the aforesaid C. acres of Land at the time of the Trespasse aforesaid made of the said R. by fealty and rent of 20 d. by the yeare at the feasts of the birth of our Lord and S. Michael the Arch-angel by equall portions yearly to be paid for all services Without that that the said W. held the aforesaid Messuage Traverse the holding by Knights service and a hundred acres of Land with the appurtenances or any parcell thereof of the aforesaid R. by Knights service in the forme wherein the same R. above by pleading hath alleadged And this he is ready to aver Whereupon for that that the aforesaid R. above hath acknowledged c. he prayes judgement and his damages by occasion of that assault c. to be adjudged unto him c. AND the aforesaid R. sayes Issue upon the Traverse that the aforesaid W. held the aforesaid Messuage and a hundred acres of Land with the appurtenances of the aforesaid R. by Knights service in the forme wherein hee the said R. above by pleading hath alleadged And of this he puts himselfe upon the Country And the aforesaid H. in like manner c. Therefore the Jury between them is to come c. Trespasse and assault against the man and wife the man pleads not guilty and assault demesne for his wife AND the aforesaid T. and A. by W. F. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. And the aforesaid T. sayes that he is in nothing thereof guilty c. And of this he puts himselfe upon the Country And the aforesaid H. and I. in like manner c. And the aforesaid T. and A. for the aforesaid A. say that as to the coming by force and armes or whatsoever which is against the peace c. say that shee is in nothing thereof guilty And of this they put themselves upon the Country and the aforesaid H. and I. in like manner And as to the residue of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be made the same T. and A. for the aforesaid A. say that the aforesaid H. and I. ought not to have their action aforesaid thereupon against them because they say that the aforesaid I. the day and yeare aforesaid on her the said A at E. aforesaid made an assault and her there would beat wound and evill entreat unlesse she the said A. had then defended her selfe And so the evill if any to her the said I. then and there happened that was of the proper assault of her the said I. and in the defence of the said A. And this the same T. and A. for the aforesaid A. are ready to aver Whereupon they pray judgement whether the aforesaid H. and I. ought to have thereupon their action aforesaid against them c. AND the aforesaid H. and I. say that they by any thing before pre-alleadged ought not to bee debarred from having their action aforesaid against the said T. and A. for that they say that the aforesaid A. by force and armes of her proper injury and without such cause by them above alleadged on her the said I. the day and year above written made an assault and her the said I. did beat wound and evill treat as the same H. and I. above by their Writ and Declaration aforesaid against them complaine And this they pray may be
of the peace of our Lord the King in the County aforesaid assigned to be kept came the same W. S. then and there before the same Earle having taken his corporall oath upon the holy Evangelist that he the same W. S. damage and corporall hurt to him the said W.S. by him the said W. C. and his companions upon him the said W. S. to be brought he did grievously dread and feare the same W.S. then and there supplicating that the same Earle him the said W. C. might be bound to put in sufficient security of the peace keeping towards him the said W.S. and all and every the leige people of the Kings one in form of law by pretext whereof the same Earl a certain warrant under his scale to the Constable and Bailiffes of the Hundred of M. as also to R.N.H.H. and T.F. directed he made and delivered commanding them the said Constable and Bayliffes and the aforesaid R.H. and T. joyntly and severally by the same warrant on the behalfe of our Lord the King commanding them that the same Constables Bayliffes R.I. c. and every one of them that they should cause to come the aforesaid W.C. before the aforesaid Earle or any other Justice of the peace of our Lord the King in the aforesaid County of S. assigned to be kept immediately for the finding sufficient security of the peace in forme aforesaid And if the same W.C. so to doe should refuse then the same Constables Bayliffes and the aforesaid R.I. c. or either of them the same R. C. should cause to be brought to the Goale of our Lord the King of Y. in the same County of D. by force of that warrant there to stay until the aforesaid WC should find the security aforesaid according to what law requires in that behalfe By which meanes the same R. carrying with him the warrant aforesaid to him the said W. C. at H. aforesaid the same day the Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be made And to him the said W. of the same warrant and of the matter and effect of the same warrant then and there before the same assault made gave notice by vertue of the same warrant then and there requiring the same W.C. that he the said W.C. before the said Earle or other Justice of peace of our said Lord the King assigned to be kept in the same County to find sufficient security of the peace in forme aforesaid together with him the said R. he would goe which said W. C. to doe this then and there refused for which cause the same R. him the said W.C. then would have taken and arrested but the same W.C. would not stay nor obey that arrest but at the same arrest then and there drew his sword and also what in him lay offered to rescue himselfe from that arrest By which the aforesaid R. and N. and the aforesaid VV.S. as the servant of him the said R. and by his command at the time of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be made by laying their hands upon him the said VV. C. and compelling him the said VV. C. to stand to that arrest him the said VV. C. then and there they took and arrested as it was lawfull for them to doe which said laying on of hands out of the cause aforesaid is the same assault whereof the same VV.C. above against him complaineth And this he is ready to averre whereupon he prayes judgement whether the aforesaid VV. C. ought in this behalfe to have his action aforesaid against him c. AND the aforesaid W.C. not acknowledging any thing by the aforesaid W.S. before alleadged to be true sayes that he by any thing therein before alleadged ought not to be debarred from having his action aforesaid because hee saith that the aforesaid W.S. by force and armes of his owne proper injury on him the said W.C. did make an assault and him did beate wound and evill handle in manner and form as he the said W.C. above by his bill hath declared Traverses the notice of the Warrant Without that that the same R. to him the said W.C. of the warrant aforesaid or of the matter and effect of the same warrant before the time of the Trespasse aforesaid made did give notice as the aforesaid W.S. above by pleading hath alledged And this he is ready to averre whereupon for that the aforesaid W.S. the Trespasse and Battery aforesaid above acknowledgeth he the said W.C. prayeth judgment and his damages by occasion of that Trespasse to be adjudged unto him c. AND the aforesaid W.S. sayes Issue upon the Traverse that the aforesaid R. to him the said W.C. of the Warrant aforesaid and of the matter and effect of the same Warrant long before the time of the Trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made did give notice in manner and forme as he the said W. S. above by his pleading hath alleadged And of this hee puts himselfe upon the Country And the aforesaid W. C. in like manner c. Middlesex R.M. complaines of I. H. in the custody of the Marshall Declaration in assault and battery c. for that he such a day and year by force and armes on him the said R. at Westminster in the County aforesaid hee made an assault and him the said R. then there beat wounded evil handled so that of his life he did despair and also so grievous a wound upon the upper part of the left shoulder of him the said R. then and there put on him so that the same R. by reason of the extraordinary effusion of blood out of the same wound flowing and arising fell into great sicknesses and weaknesses of his body then and there and stood in great danger of losing of his life by reason thereof for a great time that is to say for the space of one month then next following As also divers great summes of mony for his healing and curing there in that behalfe to lay out and spend then and there was forced and compelled And divers difficult businesse of him the said R. then to be done and finished by the aforesaid space of one month remained undone And other harmes c. Against the peace c. to the damage c. AND the aforesaid I. H. by W. Astrie his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. Concord pleaded And as to the coming by force and armes c. sayes that he is in nothing thereof guilty c. And as to the residue c. sayes that the aforesaid R. ought not to have his action aforesaid against him because he saith that after the aforesaid time wherein the Trespasse aforesaid was supposed to be made to wit such a day and year I.E. in the County of Norfolk there was such an agreement had between the aforesaid R. and him the said J. to wit that he the said I. should give to the aforesaid R. one Gallon of Sack in recompence and
satisfaction of the Trespasse aforesaid which said Gallon of Sacke the same J. afterwards to wit the same day and yeare at S. aforesaid gave to the aforesad R. according to the forme and effect of the concord aforesaid And which said Gallon of Sack the same R. of the aforesaid I. in full recompence and satisfaction of the Trespasse aforesaid then and there accepted And this he is ready to aver Whereupon he prayes judgement whether the aforesaid R. ought to have his action aforesaid against him c. The Plaintiffe replies no such Concord AND the aforesaid R. sayes that he ought not by any thing before pre-alleadged to be debarred from having his action aforesaid against him because he saith that between him the said R. and the aforesaid I. there was not any such agreement had as the aforesaid I. above by pleading hath alleadged And this he prayes may be enquired of by the Country And the aforesaid I. in like manner c. ' Against a Butcher for selling by deceitfull weights London THo Smith complains of H. Vasey for that that is to say whereas the aforesaid Henry such a day and year and by many years then last past was a Butcher and by a great part of that time at London in the Parish c. the art of a Butcher so used and exercised accustomed to kill and dresse both Oxen and Cowes in the best manner behoved his art and the flesh of them by Haverdepoys weight according to the Lawes of this Kingdome of England was wont and accustomed for a great part of the time aforesaid to put to sale and utter to divers of the liege and faithfull subjects of our said Lord the King he the same H. afterwards at divers times to wit between the same such a day c and the fifth day of May then next following at London in the Parish c. three hundred weight of Oxe beefe not being according to the Lawes of England Haverdepoys weight to him the said T. he did falsely and fraudulently put to sale the aforesaid Henry faithfully affirming the weight by which he the said H. the aforesaid three hundred weight of Oxe beefe to him the said T. had sold as aforesaid to be Haverdepoys weight according to the Laws of England to the great deceit of him the said T. Whereupon he saith that he is worsted and hath damage to the value of 10 s. And thereupon he brings his suit c. Justification in Trespasse for a â—â—rriot custome AND the aforesaid I. Randal by I.S. his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when c. and as to the coming by force and armes he saith he is in no wise thereof guilty And as to the taking and driving away of the aforesaid two Cowes he sayes that the aforesaid A. ought not thereupon to have his action aforesaid against him because he saith that long before the said time of the trespasse aforesaid supposed to be made one N. Dering lately the husband of the aforesaid A. dead was seized in his demesne as of Fee of and in two Tenements whereof one Tenement called A. and the other Tenement called B. lying and being in L. aforesaid in the aforesaid County of Southampton within the Hundred of Odham And that the same N. held the aforesaid Tenements with the appurtenances of the aforesaid Iohn Randal by fealty and a certaine rent by the yeare that is to say the aforesaid Tenement called A. by fealty and the rent of three shillings and four pence and the other Tenement called B. by fealty and the rent of one shilling and six pence And further the same I. R. sayes that within the Hundred of O. aforesaid there is had and time out of mind there hath been had an ancient and laudable custome that is to say that within the Hundred of O. aforesaid every Lord of every Tenant for the time being after the death of every Tenant who dyed seized in his demesne as of fee of any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments within the same Hundred in manner and forme aforesaid that is to say by fealty and a certaine rent onely should take the best living beast of the cattell of the same Tenant in manner and forme aforesaid dying of which the same Tenant died possessed for a Herriot for every such Tenant and the same I.R. in fact saith that the aforesaid N. after and before the said time of the Trespasse aforesaid above supposed to be made to wit the tenth day of December last past before the day of the obtaining of the Bill aforesaid he the said I. R. being thereupon Lord and the aforesaid N. Tenant of him the said I. R. within the aforesaid Hundred at the time of his death being and of the aforesaid two Cowes being possessed at Warblington in the aforesaid County of Southampton of the aforesaid two Tenements dyed in his demesne as of Fee seized after whose the said N. his death by reason of the premises the aforesaid I.R. the aforesaid two Cowes of the best living beasts of the cattell of which the aforesaid N. dyed possessed for and in the name of Herriots according to the aforesaid ancient and laudable custome of right used and due he took and drove away as it was lawfull for him to doe and this he is ready to averre whereupon he prayes judgement whether the aforesaid A. ought to have her action aforesaid against him c. AND the aforesaid A. sayes The Plaintiffe pleads by protestation that as to the taking of one Cow no such custome for pleade son tort Demesne and traverses the plea. that she by any thing before alleadged ought not to be debarred from having her action aforesaid against him the said I. because by protestation that the aforesaid N. in his life time held not of the aforesaid I. the aforesaid two severall Tenements called A. and B. by the services aforesaid as the aforesaid I. above alleadgeth And as to the taking of one Cow of the Cowes aforesaid for a Herriot for the aforesaid Tenement called H. the aforesaid H. by protestation saith that within the Hundred of O. aforesaid there is not had nor time out of minde there hath not been had any such ancient and laudable custome that is to say that the Lord of every Tenant for the time being within the Hundred of O. aforesaid after the death of every Tenant who dyed seized in his demesne as of fee of any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments within the same Hundred should take the best living beast of the cattell of the same Tenant in manner and forme aforesaid dead of which the same Tenant dyed possessed for a Herriot for every such Tenant yet for plea the aforesaid A. saies that the aforesaid J. the day and year aforesaid in the Declaration aforesaid above specified of his own proper injury and without such cause by him the said I. above by pleading alleadged the Close of her the said
And the same B. so being thereof possessed the Falcon aforesaid with the Belles and Varvils aforesaid out of his hands and possession did casually lose which said Falcon afterwards that is to say such a day year and place to the hands and possession of the aforesaid J.G. by finding came Judgement had for the Plaintiffe and damages 18 l. 16 s. and 8 d. And the aforesaid J.G. knowing the Falcon aforesaid to be the proper Falcon of the aforesaid B. to him the said B. of right to belong and pertain that Falcon although often required c. to render or deliver hath wholly refused And that Falcon voluntarily hath used and handled so ill so that that Falcon by the ill usage and handling aforesaid afterwards to wit such a day year and place dyed to the damage of him the said B. 40 l. And thereupon he brings his suit c. Ss A B. complaines of W. B. in the custody of the Marshall Declaration for keeping a dog accustomed to bite sheep c. for that that is to say whereas the aforesaid W. did knowingly keep and retaine a certaine Dog accustomed to bite sheep at M. in the County aforesaid which said Dog ten Ew-sheep and ten lambs of him the said A. to the price of 4 l. at M. aforesaid found such a day and yeare and place did so grievously bite that those sheep and lambs by the biting of the Dog aforesaid then and there dyed Whereupon the same A. saith that he is worse and hath damage to the value of 10 l. And thereupon he brings his suit The like with some addition Ss B. F. complaines of R. W. in the custody of the Marshall c. for that that is to say whereas the aforesaid R. such a day yeare and place a certaine Dog accustomed to bite sheep he knowingly retained which said Dog the day and year aforesaid at H. aforesaid the sheep that is to say a hundred and fifteen Ewes and eighty Weathers of him the said B. did chase and bite so that by the chasing and biting eighty of the Ewe sheep of the sheep aforesaid of the price of 40 l. dyed and forty of the Weathers aforesaid of the price of 30 l. dyed in like manner And the residue of the aforesaid Ewe sheep great with young cast their lambs abortive And the residue of the Weather sheep were much worsted And other harmes c. Norfolk HEnry Darcy Knight complaines of Iohn Leigh Gentleman in the custody of the Marshall Declaration upon warranty of a Hawk c. for that that is to say whereas the aforesaid I. such a day yeare and place in the County aforesaid in consideration of 5 l 2 s. and 6 d. of lawfull money of England to him the said I. by the aforesaid H. before hand payed had bargained and sold to the aforesaid H. a certaine Hawk called a Gos-hawk the same I. in consideration thereof then and there warranted the Gos-hawk aforesaid to him the said H. to be sound and in good health whereas in truth that Gos-hawke then and there was troubled with divers great infirmities and much grieved of which said infirmities the Hawke aforesaid such a day then next following at O. aforesaid dyed By which the same I. at O. aforesaid the aforesaid H. of the Hawk aforesaid and of the aforesaid 5 l. 2 s. and 6 d. against the forme of the Warrant aforesaid falsely and fraudulently deceived to the damage of him the said H. twenty Marks And thereupon he brings his suit c. A B. complains of I.P. the elder and I.P. the younger in the custody of the Marshall Declaration for making of a banke by which the Plaintiffes land was downed c. of a plea wherefore whereas a certain course of water called C. ought to run in a certaine stream at C. in the County aforesaid for the serving of the Lands and Tenements near the Water-course aforesaid the aforesaid I. and I. not ignorant of the premises plotting the aforesaid A. to worse and hurt in his Lands and Tenements goods and chattels a certaine banke on crosse the Water-course aforesaid at C. aforesaid they made by reason of which the water aforesaid was hindered of his course aforesaid By which six hundred acres of Pasture of his the said A. neer adjoying to the VVater-course aforesaid was so extraordinarily drowned that the same A. the profit of that his pasture for a great time he lost VVhereby he sayes he is worsted and hath damage c. SS W. J. Mercer complaines of T. B. in the custody of the Marshall Declaration against an Inne-keeper for selling his guests horse c. for that whereas the same T. such a day year and place a certaine horse of his the said W. of the prâ—ce of 15 l. to have kept in the Stable of the aforesaid T. and there to be fed and dressed and that horse safely and soundly to be kept and to him the said W. when he should be thereunto required to be redelivered and in consideration of a certaine summe of money between them agreed upon that is to say for every day and night as long as the horse aforesaid with the aforesaid T. as is aforesaid should happen to be three pence at London aforesaid in the Parish and Ward aforesaid had assumed upon himselfe yet the aforesaid T. plotting the aforesaid W. falsely deceitfully and fraudulently in that behalfe to deceive and defraud the horse aforesaid although often required c. to the aforesaid W. he hath not re-delivered but that horse afterwards to wit such a day and year and place to a certaine unknowne man for 24. s. to him the said T. in hand payed falsely craftily and deceitfully he there sold and the money thereof comming to his own proper use he there converted disposed to his damage 30 s. c. Ebor. ss T. F. was attached to answer A. F. of a plea wherefore whereas the same A. had bargained to buy twenty Oxen of the aforesaid B.T. at B. the same T. knowing these Oxen to be fallen into divers diseases and infirmities Declaration upon warranty of cattell these Oxen by warranting them to be sound and in good health for a great sum of money the Oxen aforesaid to the aforesaid A. he falsely and fraudulently here sold to the damage of him the said A. 40. l. as he sayes And whereupon the same A. by S. L. his Attorney complaines that whereas the same A. such a day and yeare had bargained to buy of the aforesaid T. twenty Oxen at B. the same T. knowing these Oxen to be fallen into divers diseases and infirmities that is to say of such a disease those Oxen for a great summe of money that is to say for 60 l. warranting them to be sound and in health then and there sold falsely and fraudulently whereupon hee saith that hee is worsted and hath damage to the value c. AND the aforesaid T. by W.
heer and by the Court here fully understood and mature deliberation being thereupon had for that that it seemes to the Court of our Lady the Queen here that the Plea aforesaid by the aforesaid Defendants above pleaded and the matter in the same contained are not sufficient in the Law to have returne of the cattell aforesaid or to debarre him the said Plaintife from having his Action aforesaid against the aforesaid Defendants It is considered that the aforesaid Plaintife ought to recover his damages against the same Defendants by occasion aforesaid But because it is not known to the Court of our Lady the Queen here what damages the aforesaid Plaintife hath sustained by occasion of he premises therefore it is commanded to the Sherife that by the Oath of honest and lawfull men of his County he diligently enquire what damages the aforesaid Plaintife hath sustained as well by occasion of the premises as for his Costs and Charges A writ of Enquiry of Damages awarded by him about his Suit in that behalfe layd out And the Inquisition which he shall thereupon make to our Lady the Queen from the day of Easter in fifteen daies wheresoever c. under the Scale c. and Seales c. he shall send together with the Writ aforesaid to him thereupon directed The same day is given to the aforesaid Plaintiff here c. At which day before our Lady the Queen at Westminster came the aforesaid Plaintiff by his Attorney aforesaid and the Sheriff to wit P. T. Esquire returned a certain Inquisition taken before him at G. in the County aforesaid the tenth day of Aprill in the thirtieth yeare of our Lady the Queen that now is by which it is found that the aforesaid Plaintiff had sustained Damages by occasion of the Premisses besides his Cost and Charges c. to six and twenty shillings and eight pence and for those Costs c. unto twelve pence therefore it is considered that the aforesaid Plaintiff should recover against the afore-Defendant his Damages aforesaid by the Inquisition aforesaid The Judgment for the recovery of the damages in form aforesaid assessed as also sixteen pounds for his Costs and Charges aforesaid to him the said Plaintiff by the Court of our Lady the Queen here of his assent of increase adjudged which Damages in the whole amount unto seventeen pounds seven shillings and eight pence And the aforesaid Defendants in mercy c. E. D. by his Attorney Withernam and Retorno Habendo in one writ offereth himselfe the fourth day against I. M. Gentleman of a Plea wherefore he took the Cattell of him the said E. and them unjustly detained against Sureties and Pledges and he came not and was sought for Therefore it is considered of that the aforesaid I. should go without day and the aforesaid E. and his Pledges of prosecuting to wit John Doe and Richard Roe should be in mercy and the aforesaid I. should have returne of his Cattell aforesaid c. and in what manner that Writ should be executed he should make known to the Keepers c. from the day of Saint Martin in fifteen daies At which day before the Keepers c. at Westminster came the aforesaid I.M. in his proper person And the Sheriff to wit W. N. Esquire returned the Writ aforesaid in all things served and executed in these words The Cattell formerly taken and in this Writ mentioned to the within named I. M. I could not return therefore by virtue of the same Writ I have taken in Withernam of the Cattell of the within named E. that is to say six and twenty Ewes to the value of the Cattell within mentioned formerly taken and the same to the within named I. M. I have caused to be delivered to be held untill the same I. should have return of the Cattell aforesaid by him formerly taken and the aforesaid E. is attached by the Pledges I. D. and I. F. afterwards to wit on Friday next after fifteen daies of the holy Trinity then next following before c. at Westminster came the aforesaid E. in his proper person and rendred himselfe to the Prison c. who by occasion of the Premises is committed to the Marshall c. and he praies that he may be admitted to the making of his Fine with the Keepers c. by occasion of the contempt aforesaid And he is fined by the Court of the Keepers c. to three shillings and foure pence which by commandement of the Court here he payed to D. W. Coroner and Attorney of the Keepers c. in the Court of the Keepers c. before c. for necessary Reparations in the Court here to be made and done therefore the same E. is to be thereof quit And upon this before c. at VV. came S. C. and R. S. and became Pledges and each of them became Pledge for the aforesaid E. as well for the Prosecuting his Complaint as of the Cattell aforesaid which to the aforesaid I. M. in the Court here before c. were adjudged by the default of him the said E. to be returned if the return of them should be adjudged each of the Pledges aforesaid under the pain of ten pounds which said Sum of ten Pounds the Pledges aforesaid and either of them by himselfe acknowledges to be made of his Lands and Chattels and to the use of the aforesaid I. to be levied if it shall happen that the aforesaid E shall not deliver the Cattell aforesaid to the aforesaid I. c. upon which the same E. by the Statute praies the Writ of the Keepers Second Deliverance granted c. of second deliverance and it is granted unto him c. By which Command was given to the Sheriff that the Cattell aforesaid to the aforesaid E. without delay he should cause to be delivered and that he should put by sure and safe Pledges the aforesaid I. M. that he be before c. in eight daies of Saint Michaell c. to answer the aforesaid E. of the aforesaid taking and detaining of the Cattell aforesaid the same day is given to the aforesaid E. c. at which day the Plaint aforesaid was adjourned by the Writ of the Keepers c. of common adjournment before c. at W. unto the Morrow of all soules At which day before c. at W. aforesaid came the aforesaid E. in his proper person And the Sherife returnes that before the comming of the Writ aforesaid to him thereupon directed those Cattell by him in Withernam taken were removed afarre of to places unknown unto him by the aforesaid I. M. And therefore after the receipt and before the returne of that Writ the Cattell aforesaid to the aforesaid E.D. he could not cause to be delivered according to the purport of the Writ aforesaid And that the aforesaid I. is attached by pledges to wit I. D. and R.R. And upon this Command is given to the Sheriff that he take in